Lindsey Vonn To Race Super-g At Skiing Worlds Despite Feeling Sick With 'a Cold Or The Flu'

Lindsey Vonn completed pre-race inspection and was planning on competing in the super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday despite feeling sick with "a cold or the flu."

It's the first race of these worlds for the 40-year-old Vonn, who recently returned to the ski circuit after nearly six years of retirement with a new titanium right knee .

Vonn told The Associated Press on Wednesday that she has "a cold or the flu or something" but that she was "trying to do everything I can to recover."

Then she added on Instagram of her sickness, "I wouldn't let something like that prevent me from racing after everything I've gone through to get here! I guess the competitor in me is still there-"

Vonn will start with the No. 30 bib after all of the favorites have already raced.