World Cup Alpine Skiing 2016: American Lindsey Vonn Battles With Switzerland's Lara Gut

The battle for the World Cup overall title raged on as Switzerland's Lara Gut outpaced American Lindsey Vonn in the La Thuile super-G to slice the gap at the top of the standings to a mere 23 points on Sunday.

Vonn took over at the top from Gut in Saturday's downhill when a second place gave her the title in that discipline.

The fight looks like going all the way to the end of the season though, with Gut making up for a disappointing downhill showing with a strong second place on Sunday behind Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather.

Vonn limited the damage with a third place after what she described as a "conservative" run.

"It's a really big fight to the end of the season," four-times overall champion Vonn said.

"We're almost at the point where you can feel that the (World Cup) finals are coming and I like that last part of the season."

Vonn also leads Gut in the super-G standings with Weirather third following her victory on Sunday -- her first of the season.

The season concludes at the World Cup finals in St. Moritz in March.

(Writing by Martyn Herman; editing by Toby Davis)