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Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn to make a skiing comeback at age 40

U.S. skier is is ending her retirement 6 years after her last Olympic race
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FILE - Bronze medal winner Lindsey Vonn, of the United States, smiles during the flower ceremony for the women香蕉视频直播檚 downhill at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Jeongseon, South Korea, Feb. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Lindsey Vonn is to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team, she announced Thursday, intending to race again at age 40 香蕉视频直播 and .

Vonn is a three-time Olympic medalist, including a downhill gold and super-G bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games, and a at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. She is also a four-time overall World Cup champion and owns eight world championships medals.

Her 82 World Cup race victories stood as the record for a woman until that total was eclipsed in January 2023 , who is still active and is now up to 97 wins 香蕉视频直播 more than any Alpine ski racer in the history of the sport.

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, after she dealt with a .

There were broken arms and legs, torn knee ligaments, concussions and more.

Just this April, years after leaving the World Cup circuit, she had surgery for a partial knee replacement.

Vonn has been training in recent months, U.S. Ski & Snowboard said Thursday.

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Vonn is back with the team effective immediately, but it is not yet known which particular races she will be aiming to enter.

The next Winter Olympics are in Italy in February 2026.





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