Kildow led an American one-two in France on Wednesday

Kildow clocked one minute 38.06 seconds to beat American team-mate Julia Mancuso, who won Tuesday's downhill, into second by 1.24 seconds.

Olympic bronze medallist Anja Paerson of Sweden claimed third in 1:39.50, edging out Austrian rival Renate Goetschl by just 0.06 seconds.

British Alpine star Chemmy Alcott finished outside the top 30, in 43rd.

Kildow, who finished third in Tuesday's race, leads the downhill standings with 340 points.

Women's dowhill result from Val-d'Isere:
1. Lindsey Kildow (US) 1:38.06
2. Julia Mancuso (US) 1:39.30
3. Anja Paerson (Swe) 1:39.50
4. Renate Goetschl (Aut) 1:39.57
5. Ingrid Jacquemod (Fr) 1:39.90
6. Alexandra Meissnitzer (Aut) 1:39.96
7. Kelly Vanderbeek (Can) 1:40.03
8. Andrea Fischbacher (Aut) 1:40.24
9. Emily Brydon (Can) 1:40.78
10. Nadia Styger (Swi) 1:40.89
Selected others:
43. Chemmy Alcott (GB) 1:41.94

Downhill standings:
1. Kildow 340 points
2. Goetschl 225
3. Mancuso 206
4. Paerson 176
5. Fischbacher 148

Overall World Cup standings (after 10 races):
1. Goetschl 441 points
2. Nicole Hosp (Aut) 436
3. Kildow 435
4. Marlies Schild (Aut) 377
5= Kathrin Zettel (Swe) 310
5= Paerson 310