(CNN) -- Pausing to catch her breath at the bottom of the mountain, Lindsey Vonn was back in business. 

It may not have been fast, it may not have been smooth but it was still a landmark moment for the Olympic downhill champion. 

The American skiing star had finished her first race since making a complicated recovery from a knee injury. 

Vonn needed reconstructive surgery on her right knee after landing heavily on the opening day of the Alpine Ski World Championships in Austria in February. 

She has waited 10 months to go racing again and in November her return was put on ice when she partially tore one of her reconstructed knee ligaments in training. 

There were no complications for Vonn on her first competitive return down Canada's Lake Louise course -- but her time did not trouble the leaders. 

She finished her run in one minute 59.22 seconds -- more than three seconds off the leading time and 40th overall. 

The start of the race had been delayed by hazy cloud and extremely cold temperatures which dropped as low as -36 Celsius. Germany's Maria Hoefl-Riesch eventually came out on top with the quickest time. 

Vonn is racing against time to find form and fitness as she attempts to defend her downhill crown at February's Winter Olympics in the Russian resort of Sochi. 

There she will aim to emulate the feat of fellow American, Picabo Street, who came back the season after reconstructive surgery to win gold at Nagano in 1998. 

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. What's the name of the athlete the story's about?
2. What sport does she do?
3. Has she competed internationally?
4. Successfully?
5. What problem did she suffer?
6. Where did it occur?
7. What happened?
8. Which knee was injured?
9. When did the injury occur?
10. What was she competing in?
11. How long was it before she could ski again?
12. Were there any complications in her recovery?
13. What happened?
14. How long did she complete her first run in?
15. Did she win?
16. What place was she in?
17. Did the race start on time?
18. Why not?
19. How cold?
20. who was the winner?

Numbered answers:
1. Lindsey Vonn
2. downhill skiing
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. a knee injury
6. in Austria
7. she landed heavily
8. Her right knee
9. in February
10. the Alpine Ski World Championships
11. 10 months
12. Yes
13. she partially tore one of her reconstructed knee ligaments in training
14. one minute 59.22 seconds
15. No
16. 40th
17. No
18. it was delayed by hazy cloud and extremely cold temperatures
19. -36 Celsius
20. Maria Hoefl-Riesch