Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany – American Lindsey Vonn started and successfully completed the second FIS Alpine World Ski Championship downhill training run Thursday. Vonn, who suffered a concussion earlier last week, had received clearance for the training run after an ongoing medical evaluation completed earlier in the day.nVonn, of Vail, Colo., underwent medical testing prior to course inspection and again after two free ski warm up runs before receiving clearance to start. She completed the run in 2:01.90 while wearing her full Spyder warmup outerwear, 11.31 seconds behind leader and recently crowned World Junior downhill champion Lotte Smiseth Sejersted of Norway. Super G silver medalist Julia Mancuso, of Squaw Valley, Calif., was second.

As a part of the U.S. Ski Team’s concussion management program, Vonn is being evaluated before being cleared for any activity including training and competition. Evaluation has been continuous since she was injured on Feb. 2.

The training run itself, which Vonn ran at a lower level of intensity, was used as a further stress test to evaluate her readiness for future competition. According to the U.S. Ski Team’s Dr. William Sterett, the evaluation after the training run also came up negative for symptoms of concussion.

The evaluation process will continue Friday morning before making a final decision on starting the super combined medal event.