By ANDREW DAMPF

Twelve more pounds of muscle. Equipment dialed in. A new superstar coach.

At age 41, Lindsey Vonn is feeling more powerful than she has in years. So powerful that she already pulled away from the field in the very first official downhill training session of the season Wednesday.

Next up, Vonn will get her Olympic racing season underway this weekend with two World Cup downhills and a super-G in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

“Physically I’m in possibly the best shape I’ve ever been in,” Vonn said at a news conference in the Swiss resort. “And my body doesn’t hurt, so that’s the best part of all.”

Vonn returned to skiing last season after nearly six years of retirement — and following a partial replacement surgery on her right knee, which included inserting two pieces of ti

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