Lindsey Vonn: Return to the ski scene with an artificial knee!

Lindsey Vonn: Return to the ski scene with an artificial knee!

Beaver Creek, Colorado, USA - The skiing Lindsey Vonn celebrates your comeback! After a five-year forced break, the 40-year-old Olympic champion plans to return to the slopes and start in the Ski World Cup. This message was confirmed by the American Association at the end of November. Vonn, who ended her career in February 2019 due to repeated injuries and her subsequent artificial knee joint, explains: "I love skiing and am no one who is afraid." Their goal is to qualify with excellent results for the World Cup races, as

Lindsey Vonn won incredible 82 World Cup victories in her high phase and is therefore behind the also successful Mikaela Shiffrin. In order to be able to participate in the World Cup race with the new Wildcard rule, she has to achieve good results this season. "I never wanted to come back, but now I feel ready," she said in an interview with the New York Times. Your first race is for the 14th/15th. December in Beaver Creek, Colorado, scheduled, which appears as an ideal framework for your comeback. The entire ski world is excited to see how Vonn will end after her career ended without any recovery. So far it remains unclear whether she will start in the competition or initially work as a forerunner, such as ZDF reported.

a spectacular comeback

With their return, the entire ski sports community will experience a dramatic winter of the comebacks. While Vonn shares their impressions from the training, there are mixed reactions from the professional world. This is how Felix Neureuther sees great potential in her return: "If someone can create the impossible, it is Lindsey Vonn." On the other hand, Markus Wasmeier expresses concerns and describes the situation as "just a show". Nevertheless, expectations are high, and the anticipation for their return in February is growing to the World Cup in Saalbach.