PARK CITY, Utah – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn’s illustrious alpine skiing career is about to start a new chapter. On Thursday, Park City-based U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced Vonn’s official return to the alpine team, confirming rumors of her comeback that have been circulating in the pre-season lead-up to the 2024-25 FIS World Cup tour.
Vonn, who turned 40 in mid-October, retired from professional skiing on February 10, 2019. She announced her retirement shortly before competing in her final event, the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre, Sweden, where she won a bronze medal in the downhill. This marked the end of her highly successful career. To date, her achievements include 82 World Cup wins, gold and bronze Olympic medals, and five World Championship medals.
Vonn’s decision to return to ski racing comes after a successful partial knee replacement surgery earlier this year. Vonn has said this has made it possible to train both on and off snow in ways she couldn’t even five years ago, toward the end of her career. The physical struggle she overcame in the final year of her career was the subject of an HBO documentary …