It has been greater than 4 years since Lindsey Vonn retired from aggressive snowboarding, however the U.S. Olympic legend is formally making a comeback.
Vonn introduced on Thursday that she has begun coaching once more to race for the U.S. Ski Crew. The 40-year-old has had quite a few accidents in her profession and most recently underwent a partial knee replacement in April, however she mentioned she has been snowboarding “with out ache.”
Vonn referred to as her comeback an “unimaginable” journey and mentioned she needs to “proceed to share my data of the game with these unimaginable ladies.”
Vonn’s final aggressive race was in February 2019. Her final Olympic look got here in 2018 when she took dwelling a bronze medal on the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
A 3-time Olympic medalist, Vonn as soon as held the document for many World Cup race victories with 82. That mark was surpassed final yr by fellow U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin, who’s now as much as 97 wins and nonetheless racing.
It’s unclear if Vonn will attempt to compete within the subsequent Winter Olympics, which shall be held in February 2026 in Italy.
