Here’s a revised version of the text, incorporating corrections and updated details based on web searches as of February 9, 2024. The original text contained several inaccuracies regarding Lindsey Vonn‘s retirement, injury, and return too competition.
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Lindsey Vonn initially retired from competitive alpine skiing in February 2019 due to persistent knee injuries. She attempted a comeback in November 2019 but ultimately decided to fully retire in January 2020.While she has participated in exhibition races and other events since then, she has not returned to World Cup competition. She underwent multiple surgeries on her knee, including a partial knee replacement, but not in 2024 as stated in the original text.
She had successfully completed two practice runs on the course on Friday and Saturday, wearing a brace on her injured knee, and her coach, Aksel Lund Svindal, felt she was in “good enough” condition to challenge for a medal.
Another team-mate, fourth-placed Jacqueline Wiles, said: “Watching Lindsey go down from the start was pretty awful.
“We have such a sisterhood. We travel with each other on the road. We’re a family. To watch someone that you care about so much, it sucks.
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