His return to the World Cup was expected. Lindsey Vonn didn't miss it. Retired for more than five years, the American skier finished 14th in the super-G in Saint-Moritz (Switzerland), Saturday December 21. Approved in the finish area, the skier from Vail (Colorado) finished at 1 sec 18/100e of the Austrian Cornelia Hütter, winner of the event.
Double world champion in downhill and super-G in Val-d'Isère (2009) and Olympic champion in downhill in Vancouver (2010), Lindsey Vonn had to interrupt her career in 2019 due to a series of falls and injuries. In April, she had knee surgery and had two titanium pieces inserted. A prosthesis that finally allows him to ski without pain. She then announced her return to competition in November.
“I feel stronger now than in my twenties, and my passion for skiing has never left me. I just couldn't keep up physically anymore. Now that I am physically able to do what I love, why not give it a try? “, declared the American at a press conference on Saturday December 14.
A wild card given by the FIS
With 82 World Cup victories, Lindsey Vonn remains behind her compatriot Mikaela Shiffrin and her 99 victories. Men and women combined, Lindsey Vonn is four points behind the Swede Ingemar Stenmark (86 successes in giant and slalom).
For her return to competition, the American skier took advantage of a wild card granted by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) which allows former champions to participate in races without having the necessary points. She should be back on the slopes for the Super-G scheduled for Sunday.
Objective: become the oldest skier to win a World Cup race. The Italian Federica Brignone currently holds the record with a giant slalom won in October in Soelden (Austria), at the age of 34. Among the men, the Swiss Didier Cuche won at the age of 37 in the super-G in Crans Montana (Switzerland) in 2012.
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