At 40, Lindsey Vonn is returning to the World Cup ski circuit after knee surgery, facing criticism about her age and risk-taking. Vonn confidently asserts her readiness, citing medical clearance and her deep understanding of downhill skiing.
Lindsey Vonn , at the age of 40, is preparing for her World Cup return at St. Moritz, Switzerland, this weekend after undergoing successful partial knee replacement surgery earlier this year – and she’s making waves doing it. Vonn recently defended her return to the World Cup circuit. Responding to those in the skiing world who are questioning her comeback, Vonn, in a post on X, said, “You know, I’m getting pretty tired of people predicting negative things about my future. It’s enough now.
… Did they all become doctors and I missed it, because they talk like they know more than the best doctors in the world.” In an interview Thursday with Eurosport’s Viktoria Rebensburg, Vonn said, “I think that’s something that bothers me – is that people think that I’m taking more risks than anyone else. But I know downhill probably better than almost anyone out there.” Vonn, who had retired from competitive skiing in 2019 after 18 years on the World Cup circuit, recently competed in lower-level events in Copper Mountain, Colorado, in order to gain eligibility to compete at World Cup races. She will race in two super-G events in St. Moritz – where she has previously won five World Cup races and secured ten podiums – with one race on Saturday and the other on Sunday. “Things haven’t changed now that I’ve had a knee replacement,” Vonn said to Eurosport, which is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), which is the parent company of CNN. “My doctors have cleared me. They are very confident in what I’m doing. I wouldn’t be doing it if it was a reckless idea. “I think a lot of people have a lot of wild ideas about how crazy it is what I’m doing, but I’m not a dumb person. “I’ve talked to the best doctors in the world, and they’ve cleared me to do this.” At Vonn’s age, she would be entering unchartered territory should she reach the podium or win. In October, Federica Brignone became the oldest woman to win a World Cup race at 34 years, 104 day
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