Lindsey Vonn will test out the downhill and super-G courses as a forerunner before the World Cup races this weekend in Beaver Creek, Colorado. The U.S. Ski Team confirmed her role. A forerunner goes before the field to make sure the course is running smoothly and the timing system is properly working.
Lindsey Vonn looks to the timing clock after finishing a run in a Super G skiing race at Copper Mountain Ski Resort, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Copper Mountain, Colo. Lindsey Vonn signs a helmet for a young fan after racing at Copper Mountain Ski Resort, Sunday, Dec.
8, 2024, in Copper Mountain, Colo. Lindsey Vonn looks to the timing clock after finishing a run in a Super G skiing race at Copper Mountain Ski Resort, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Copper Mountain, Colo. 8, 2024, in Copper Mountain, Colo. Lindsey Vonn signs a helmet for a young fan after racing at Copper Mountain Ski Resort, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Copper Mountain, Colo. will test out the downhill and super-G courses as a forerunner before the World Cup races this weekend in Beaver Creek, Colorado. The U.S. Ski Team confirmed her role Tuesday. A forerunner goes before the field to make sure the course is running smoothly and the timing system is properly working. There’s a downhill race slated for Saturday on the demanding Birds of Prey course and a super-G on Sunday.downhill and super-G competitions last weekend in Copper Mountain to gain enough points to be eligible for World Cup events. Vonn didn’t earn a spot in time for this weekend’s races in Beaver Creek and hasn’t announced a timeline for her return to the World Cup scene. Vonn’s last major competition was in February 2019, when she took third in the downhill during the world championships in Sweden. An assortment of injuries, including to her knee, sent her into retirement. After a partial knee replacement last April, Vonn continues to feel stronger on the slopes as she dials in her ski equipment and gets used to high rates of speed again.Lindsey Vonn is encouraged by how close she is to being competitive in ski racing return at age 40“Life is really short, and I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow,” Vonn said in an interview with The Associated Press last weekend on why she decided to return. “But I know what I’m going to do today — I’m going to have fun.” When Vonn left the tour, she had 82 World Cup wins — the record for a woman at the time and within reach of the all-time Alpine mark of 86 held by Swedish standout Ingemar Stenmark. The women’s record held by Vonn was eclipsed in January 2023 by Mikaela Shiffrin, who now has 99 wins — more than any Alpine ski racer in the history of the sport.
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