ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) – Lindsey Kildow has this uneasy feeling about the Olympics, and she wonders how she can turn things around next month.

She finished 17th Saturday in a World Cup downhill won by Austria’s Michaela Dorfmeister. She has failed to finish better than ninth in her last five speed races, troubled by the same problems each time. That does not put her in a good frame of mind with the Turin Games looming.

“That’s the thing I’m worried about,” the American star told The Associated Press.

The 32-year-old Dorfmeister, in her final season before retirement, won a day after capturing a super-G. The Austrian covered the Corviglia course in 1 minute, 43.76 seconds for her first downhill victory this season and padded her lead in the discipline standings. She has four other top-three downhill results.

“To win twice in 24 hours – unbelievable,” said Dorfmeister, who has 24 World Cup victories. “It’s an amazing series. Like a dream. I’m not sure about a triple with the super-combi tomorrow.”

Teammate Renate Goetschl was second in 1:43.83 for her first podium of the season. Croatia’s Janica Kostelic, the overall World Cup leader who last week won a downhill for the first time, was third in 1:43.95.

Kildow, the winner of two downhills early this season, finished 1.20 behind after losing valuable time on the flats.

“Every race I’m losing time on the flats, and it’s not because I’m not a good glider,” she said. “It’s really frustrating because it’s not something I can fix. I can only ski my best and I am skiing my best. I skied really well today and I probably was top two in the turns and I’m just losing so much time in the flats it’s so frustrating.

“It’s been the same problem the last three races. I’m just going to watch video and improve upon what I can, but honestly I think I’m skiing some of the best I’ve skied.”

Kildow said in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria, last week she kept losing irrecoverable time in the flat sections.

“I was losing a second and a half in the first 45 seconds in Bad Klein,” she said. “You can only ski so well and make up that much time. It’s next to impossible. and definitely a lot better in the turns especially from Bad Klein, so I have to be positive about that but it’s still not much to be positive about.”

Kildow won back-to-back downhills in Lake Louise, Alberta, and Val d’Isere, France, but has stalled since. She finished ninth and 18th last weekend in Austria.

The leaders were threatened by late skiers as conditions sped up. Swiss skiers Martina Schild, who started in 45th, placed fifth in 1:44.11. Monika Dumermuth, who started 39th, finished sixth, only 0.42 behind.

Reigning overall champion Anja Paerson of Sweden placed seventh.

“I’m just skiing what I need to do and nothing more, nothing less,” she said. “I’m just trying to find my rhythm, my harmony, before the Olympics now. Seventh is good for me today. I’m not far behind and I I know what I have to do for the upcoming races.”

Dorfmeister leads the downhill standings with 412 points after six races. Kildow is second with 301, followed by Kostelic with 280.

Kostelic tops the overall standings with 1,058 points. Dorfmeister, who overtook Paerson for second place after Friday’s super-G, has 930 and Paerson is third with 721.