After Marcel Hirscher, another great figure in alpine skiing could well return to the World Cup. At 40, Lindsey Vonn rejoined the United States team.
In an article in the “New York Times”, we learn that with a brand new right knee, the former speed queen no longer feels pain and that she would not take a dim view of a possible participation in the 2026 Olympics in Cortina.
When she stopped competing 5 years ago, she was the woman with the greatest number of victories with 82 World Cup successes. Since then, Hurricane Mikaela Shiffrin has passed by and stolen this record, bringing it to 97 for the time being.
Lindsey Vonn returns to the US national team with ambitions of returning to the World Cup. It will obviously not be this weekend during the Levi slalom, but the World Cup will fly to North America and in particular speed events at Beaver Creek. They will use for the first time the Birds of Prey track, traditionally skied down by the men, and it is perhaps this challenge which particularly attracts Lindsey Vonn.
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