Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn Coming Out of Retirement at 40



Lindsey
Vonn

is
gearing
up
for
a
comeback
run
on
the
slopes.

The

Olympic

gold
medal
winner
plans
to
rejoin
the
United
States
ski
team,
months
after
she
underwent
successful
knee
surgery
and
more
than
five
years
after
she

announced
her
retirement
.

“Well,
it’s
off
to
Colorado….”
the
40-year-old
wrote
on

Instagram

Nov.
14,
alongside
a
video
of
herself
making
her
way
down
a
ski
slope. “I
hope
the
@usskiteam
uniform
still
fits
#onedayatatime.”

Vonn
explained
the
reason
behind
her
decision
to
return
to
the
sport. “Obviously,
I
wouldn’t
be
doing
this
if
I
didn’t
hope
to
be
racing,”
she
told


The
New
York
Times

in
an
interview
published
the
same
day. “I
have
aspirations.
I
love
to
go
fast.
How
fast
can
I
go?
I
don’t
know.”

The
athlete
continued,
“But
I’m
not
going
to
put
myself
in
a
position
to
fail.
My
goal
is
to
enjoy
this,
and
hopefully
that
road
takes
me
to
World
Cup
races.
I
wouldn’t
be
back
on
the
U.S.
ski
team
if
I
didn’t
have
intentions.”

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