But otherwise they have kept their distance, and Vonn has probably grown weary of hearing the ski community calling Shiffrin “the next Lindsey Vonn,” something that first happened in 2010, not long after Vonn became the first American woman to win the Olympic downhill, at the Vancouver Olympics.

On Monday morning at the Jeongseon Alpine Center, Vonn and Shiffrin, who won the Olympic giant slalom last week, both took training runs in preparation for the women’s downhill.

Vonn, one of the most fearless and accomplished downhillers in history, flung herself down the course and would have posted the day’s fastest time had she not stood up, relaxed and raised her arms to shoulder level 75 yards from the finish line.

Vonn was not just showing some style. The favorite in a downhill sometimes purposely slows down in the final seconds of training to keep the competition guessing about just how fast a time might have been possible. Vonn finished third in the field Monday. She won the first training run on Sunday.

Shiffrin, on the other hand, was still showing signs of her inexperience on a high-level downhill course. Her body language and the amount of forward pressure she was exerting on her skis made it clear that she was thinking her way through her run. She was graceful, efficient and smoothly glided across the icy track of snow, but she also was not entirely certain where to seek more speed and where to be wary. She finished a respectable 16th on Monday, which was seven spots higher than she did in the first training run. The final training runs will be Tuesday, but now only Vonn will be there.

The apparent differences between Vonn and Shiffrin continued after they had left the snow on Monday. Shortly after her run, Shiffrin did a brief interview with NBC but otherwise did not speak with reporters. She was on her way to slalom training Monday afternoon to get ready for the Alpine combined.