Lindsey Vonn Set To Announce If She'll Be Able To Compete In Winter Olympics

Lindsey Vonn is expected to denote connected Tuesday whether she'll compete astatine the Milan Cortina Olympics after injuring her near knee successful a World Cup race.

She's scheduled to speak astatine a property convention astatine astir 10 a.m. EST/4 p.m. CET.

Vonn was skiing successful nan downhill arena astatine nan Alpine Ski World Cup successful Crans-Montana, Switzerland connected Friday erstwhile she mislaid power coming retired of a jump. She collapsed into a information nett and began favoring her near leg. Vonn was yet airlifted to a infirmary for further evaluation.

Vonn, 41, retired from skiing successful February 2019 owed to a profession filled pinch injuries, but she announced her return to nan athletics successful November 2024.

Lindsey Vonn is airlifted to nan infirmary aft sustaining an wounded pursuing a clang during her tally Friday.Denis Balibouse / Reuters

Vonn has won 3 Olympic medals and past competed successful nan Winter Games successful 2018. She won her only Olympic golden successful 2010 successful nan women’s downhill competition.

At nan clip of her retirement, Vonn was nan winningest female successful skiing, pinch 82 World Cup victories — a grounds that has since been surgery by chap American Mikaela Shiffrin.

Vonn mostly dominated skiing until injuries slowed her down.

She won 3 consecutive World Cups from 2008 to 2010 and different successful 2012. Since 2013, however, Vonn has torn aggregate ligaments successful her knee, sustained aggregate fractures, and successful April 2024 she underwent a knee replacement surgery.

Her comeback had been successful earlier nan crash. Entering nan title successful Switzerland, Vonn was classed first successful nan women’s downhill, starring second-place Emma Aicher by 144 points.

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