American Lindsey Vonn failed to medal in the women's Alpine combined final after she missed a gate and could not finish the slalom portion of Thursday's competition at Jeongseon Alpine Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Vonn logged a first-place time of one minute, 39.37 seconds in the downhill stage and appeared well-positioned to find the podium.
However, her final race at the 2018 Winter Olympics ended in disappointment, as she failed to produce a complete run, much less one that would help her keep pace with far superior slalom skiers like Switzerland's Michelle Gisin and American Mikaela Shiffrin.
Gisin claimed gold with a combined time of 2:20.90, while Shiffrin finished 0.97 seconds back for silver. Switzerland's Wendy Holdener came through with bronze at 2:22.34.
Vonn, 33, has never medaled in the combined event.
Her best finish in the event on the Olympic stage came in 2002, when she placed three spots outside the podium in sixth. At her last Olympics in 2010—she withdrew from the 2014 games because of a knee injury—Vonn crashed out of the combined and didn't finish.
However, she did take home three consecutive combined World Cup titles between 2010 and 2012.
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