VONN SKIS INTO SUNSET AFTER 'PERFECT ENDING' TO HER FAIRYTALE

Caps stellar career with final podium appearance

Lindsey Vonn will head into retirement having overcome "serious anxiety" to bag one last medal, lauded by rivals as a supreme role model whose trailblazing success guarantees her a place in the pantheon of alpine skiing greats.

The 34-year-old American, who admitted this season that her "body is broken beyond repair", claimed bronze in Sunday's world downhill behind Slovenian winner Ilka Stuhec and Swiss Corinne Suter in Are, Sweden.