Lindsey Vonn flew down the Birds of Prey course in Beaver Creek, Colo., one last time as a forerunner Sunday before flying off to Switzerland.

Next up, her first World Cup race in nearly six years as the 40-year-old makes her return to ski racing. She will take part in a pair of super-G races in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

“I have the butterflies of excitement — and that’s fun. I love that feeling,” Vonn said Sunday after trying out the course before the race. “I like being in the start. I love the countdown. I (freaking) get amped up. I like having to execute when you have to and everything’s on the line.”

Vonn didn’t have the necessary points at the time to participate in the World Cup races in Beaver Creek over the weekend. Instead, she tested out the Birds of Prey downhill course Saturday and the super-G track Sunday before the racers to make sure everything was running smoothly. She then got on the radio and delivered a scouting report — where to push, where to tuck, where to take it easy — to her teammates.

Her intel on the hill extended to good friend and fellow Red Bull sponsor Sofia Goggia, who used Vonn’s report to find the fastest line in winning t he super-G on Sunday. The Italian racer and Vonn shared a moment after Goggia came down in first.

“I love her. For me, she’s a really important person,” Goggia said of Vonn. ’She’s so kind. We shared a lot of races. I’m excited for her to be on the World Cup.”

Vonn didn’t go full speed on either day — about 85% on Saturday before cranking it up a bit to 90% on Sunday.

“Because obviously I’m racing super-G next weekend, so I needed to be a little bit more with it,” Vonn said. “I’d say it was a great day.”

Next weekend will be her first World Cup race since a “DNF” — didn’t not finish — in a super-G at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Jan. 20, 2019. Her last major race was a month later, when she took third in the downhill during the world championships in Sweden.

When Vonn left the tour, she had 82 World Cup wins — the record for a woman at the time.

World champion Henrik Kristoffersen won a men’s World Cup slalom in Val d’Isere, France, for his first victory in nearly two years after first-run leader Steven Amiez saw his dreams of a first win dashed.

Kristoffersen had two flawless runs on the challenging Face de Bellevarde course to finish 0.52 seconds ahead of Norwegian teammate Atle Lie McGrath and 0.89 faster than Loic Meillard of Switzerland.

Kaysha Love and Jasmine Jones paired up to win bronze for the U.S. in a women’s bobsled race in Sigulda, Latvia, the final day of sliding on the World Cup circuits before all three tours — bobsled, skeleton and luge — take some time off for Christmas.

It was Love’s sixth World Cup medal in women’s bobsled, the second since she became a driver last season.

Golf

Patty Tavatanakit holed a 25-foot birdie putt and Jake Knapp gave them the lead on the next hole with a tough pitch to set up birdie as the UCLA duo combined for a 7-under 65 for a one-shot victory in the Grant Thornton Invitational in Naples, Fla.

They won on their respective tours on the same day this year — Knapp at the Mexico Open, Tavatanakit at the Honda LPGA Thailand — and were equally impressive as a team, especially down the stretch at Tiburon Golf Club.

Jeeno Thitikul, who won the LPGA finale at Tiburon last month for the $4 million prize, holed an 8-foot birdie putt on the final hole as she and Tom Kim shot 64 to finish alone in second.

Akshay Bhatia and Jennifer Kupcho made a mess of the 18th hole for their lone bogey in the modified fourballs format and finished third.

Lanto Griffin holed a 40-foot putt for eagle on his first hole that sent him to a 7-under 63 in the final round of Q-school in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., the leader of six players who earned PGA Tour cards for next year.

Griffin was the medalist at 9-under 271, but all that mattered was being among the the top five and ties to get full status as the PGA Tour goes through sharp changes that include smaller fields starting in 2025.

Hayden Buckley (67) and former world No. 1 amateur Takumi Kanaya of Japan (69) also made it through.

Shaun Norris of South Africa came from behind to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship by a single shot in Malelane, South Africa.

Norris was six shots off the lead entering the final round but hit a 5-under 67 at Leopard Creek Country Club that gave him a 13-under 275 total. The 42-year-old Norris overcame a double bogey on the par-three seventh to claim his second win on the European tour.

Soccer

Pep Guardiola declared himself “not good enough” after Manchester City’s season sunk to a new low after a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United.

The four-time defending Premier League champion has lost eight of its last 11 games in all competitions - winning just once in that run.

City is fifth in the standings and nine points behind leader Liverpool, having played a game more.

“I’m the boss, I’m the manager and I’m not good enough. It’s as simple as that,” Guardiola said after the latest loss. “I’m not doing well. That is the truth.”

Guardiola has led City to unprecedented success, winning an unprecedented four Premier League titles in a row and six in the last seven seasons. He has won 15 major trophies at the club, including the Champions League.