It’s the season of great comebacks in the Alpine Skiing World Cup. After the Austrian legend Marcel Hirscher – who returned to the competition under the Dutch colors (his mother’s country of origin) – it is the turn of the American queen Lindsey Vonn to put on the spatulas again. At 40 years old, the star with 82 World Cup victories announced, on Thursday, November 14, in a press release from the American Ski Federation, his wish “to compete again” more than five years after the end of his career.
Four-time winner of the “big balloon” of the World Cup, the skier from Vail (Colorado) announces having “I can’t wait to meet the US Ski Team and continue sharing [son] experience sport with these incredible women »without however mentioning a specific return date.
Repeated injuries
The double world downhill and super G champion in Val-d’Isère (2009) and Olympic downhill champion in Vancouver (2010) announced her retirement in February 2019, worn down by repeated injuries throughout her career. In April he underwent successful knee surgery and was able to return to skiing without discomfort. Since then he has been training for a possible return to competition, the rumors of which have not stopped growing in recent months.
“I try not to go too fast.declared the skier in an interview with New York Times published on Thursday. But of course I have ambitions. » And to add: “My goal is to enjoy myself and hopefully that will take me to the World Cup. »
The first downhill of the season – Lindsey Vonn’s specialty – is scheduled in Beaver Creek (Colorado) in December. The ideal place, in ski land, to rediscover the adrenaline of racing.
