Lindsey Vonn showed that he never lost his ski skill.
The alpine skier of the Olympic gold medalist returned to the podium during the weekend, ending in second place in a Super-G World Cup race on Sunday. The result occurred six years after the sport was retired for the first time and 11 months after undergoing a partial knee replacement.
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The second place of the second place Lindsey Vonn reacts during a medal ceremony for the female super-g at the World Cup finals on Sunday, March 23, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/John Locher)
The 40 -year -old star became the oldest alpine ski run to finish on the podium.
“It was very difficult,” Vonn said. “This is not easy what I am doing. He simply felt very well to say that I did it. I can still do it.”
Vonn was emotional after the race, which was won by the Swiss competitor Lara Gut-Behrami.
“Age is just a number,” Vonn said. “If you feel good, and you are still motivated, and you work hard, you can achieve anything that establishes you.”
He added that skeptics and detractors also fed her.
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Lindsey vonn Esquís during a super-g female race at the World Cup finals on Sunday, March 23, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
“Sometimes the negative voices take me more than the positive ones,” Vonn said. “I use all that as fuel. It propelled me in some difficult times this year. I knew I could do it.
“When I crossed the finish line, there is a lot of relief to be where I know that I can be and silence so many negative voices that have been surrounding me, it feels like, in the whole season. It was a good exclamation point to put in the season.”
On Friday, Vonn spoke about his goal of competing at the 2026 Olympic Games in Cortina, Italy.
“These Olympic Games, it’s all I really wanted to do,” he told The Associated Press. “Cortina is one of my favorite places, so that is the carrot that hung in front of me.
“As soon as that is gone, I can ski a little dust and play tennis and live the life I have been living for the past six years.”
Lindsey Vonn reacts after a neck training downstairs at the World Cup finals on Friday, March 21, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Vonn was last measured at the Pyeongchang 2018 Games in South Korea. She has 82 victories in the World Cup in her career and three Olympic medals, with two bronze for her only gold.
Vonn said Sunday that he planned to rest for a few weeks before heading to Europe to get more tests.
