Olympic Champion Lindsey Vonn Is Ending Her Retirement At Age 40 To Make A Skiing Comeback

Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team, she announced Thursday, intending to race again at age 40 - and six years after her last Olympics .

Vonn is a three-time Olympic medalist, including a downhill gold and super-G bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Games, and a bronze in the downhill at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. She is also a four-time overall World Cup champion and owns eight world championships medals.

Her 82 World Cup race victories stood as the record for a woman until that total was eclipsed in January 2023 by American Mikaela Shiffrin , who is still active and is now up to 97 wins - more than any Alpine ski racer in the history of the sport.

Before eclipsing Vonn's total, Shiffrin said : "I don't know if I could fill Lindsey's shoes, the way that she has worn them."

Vonn's last competition came in February 2019 , after she dealt with a long series of injuries throughout her career .