LA THUILE, Italy - Apologizing for a gaffe on social media, Lindsey Vonn had little to celebrate after clinching a record 20th World Cup crystal globe title and surpassing Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark on Saturday.
A day earlier, Vonn posted a video of an angry outburst in which she destroyed her bindings with a hammer following a race where one ski detached.
After erasing the post from her Facebook page, Vonn spent the night drafting an apology with her Los Angeles-based agent and called Johan Eliasch, chairman of the Head group that supplies the American's equipment.
"I made a mistake and everyone does that. I am human. I had a lot of emotions yesterday and I should have just done boxing with my trainer," Vonn said after bouncing back to finish second Saturday and wrap up the season-long downhill championship.
"I'm always usually careful with what I do and say on the social media platforms and I just didn't really think it through," Vonn said. "I was a little bit too emotional. It was a good lesson for me. I just have to remember that I have a lot of people looking up to me and I can't let my emotions get the best of me."
Nadia Fanchini of Italy won with a 0.14-second margin ahead of Vonn in a race shortened by strong winds. Italy's Daniele Merighetti finished third, 0.72 behind. Larisa Yurkiw of Owen Sound, Ont., was 0.93 off the lead in fourth place.
