Will Lindsey Vonn return to the ski stage? © AFP / JONATHAN NACKSTRAND

Ski sensation: Lindsey Vonn about to make a comeback?

With Marcel Hirscher, a skiing legend is returning to the World Cup this year. Now another sensational comeback is on the horizon: Lindsey Vonn is apparently also about to return.

10 October 2024

From: det

What is going on in the skiing circus? Five years after the end of his career, Marcel Hirscher will make his comeback on the World Cup stage this year. Lucas Braathen, who ended his career a year ago, is also returning to the premier skiing class. But that's not all: In the last few days, a spectacular rumor has been doing the rounds that Lindsey Vonn also wants to give it a go again. Apparently there is some truth to this story.

As the traditionally well-informed Swiss View According to what the US team has learned, the four-time overall World Cup winner wants to start as a forerunner at the World Cup races in Beaver Creek in December. "If this test works, Vonn will also want to compete in races again," writes the Look. According to the report, the 39-year-old ski queen has already trained in Sölden and was assisted by Chris Krause, a top-class service man from the ski brand Head.

Vonn lives with an artificial knee joint

A comeback by Vonn would be a huge sensation - especially because the American only had an artificial knee joint fitted this year. After her retirement in 82, the 2019-time World Cup winner had repeatedly stressed how much her body had been affected by her skiing career. But now a comeback seems to be possible again.

“If anyone can do the seemingly impossible, it is the one and only Lindsey Vonn.” Felix Neureuther

Felix Neureuther brought it up in conversation with View to the point: "When I first heard the rumor of Lindsey's comeback three days ago, I couldn't imagine that you could ski really fast with an artificial knee joint. But looking back, I say: If anyone can do the seemingly impossible, it is the one and only Lindsey Vonn."