Lindsey faced a lot of injuries during her Alpine skiing career. In 2013, she tore the ACL and MCL in her right knee at the World Championships and fractured her leg in a crash, per NBC News. She re-injured her ACL during training later that year.

Former Olympic gold medalist and world champion Lindsey Vonn is returning to skiing, she announced Thursday. She said in an interview with The New York Times that her return was not planned and that she reconsidered only after successful knee replacement surgery seven months ago stopped the pain that had prompted her retirement.

Thanks to knee replacement surgery, 4-time World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn is pain-free and rejoining U.S. Ski Team with an eye on 2026 Olympics.

Lindsey Vonn, one of the greatest skiers of all-time, is set to end her five-year retirement and return to the sport.

Five years ago the American ski racer left the sport, but a new right knee has her aiming to compete this year on the World Cup circuit, and possibly, in the 2026 Olympics.

Lindsey Vonn, one of the most decorated skiers in history, has announced her return to competitive skiing after retiring in 2019. In an interview with the New York Times on Thurs

Lindsey Vonn has announced a miraculous — and surprising — return to the slopes. Nearly six years after the Olympic gold medalist announced her retirement from skiing, Vonn, 40, has plotted an unexpected comeback.

Four-time World Cup overall champion and 2010 Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn will rejoin the U.S. ski team more than five years after claiming, in her retirement announcement, that her “body is broken beyond repair and it isn’t letting me have the final season I dreamed of.