Mikaela Shiffrin has set up a showdown with American teammate Lindsey Vonn after a solid run in the downhill portion of the Olympic combined.

The downhill is Vonn’s specialty, and she blazed through the course with the top time of 1 minute, 39.37 seconds through 17 racers Thursday morning. Shiffrin trails by 1.98 seconds.

Shiffrin’s specialty, the slalom, is being held Thursday afternoon. Both times are combined to determine the winner.

Shiffrin is trying to win her third career Olympic gold medal.

Vonn, who won bronze in the downhill Wednesday night, led second-place finisher Ragnhild Mowinckel of Norway by 0.74 seconds.

It was the first time Vonn, 33, and Shiffrin, 22, were competing against each other in the same event at these Olympics.

With AP