After multiple surgeries on her knees, professional skier Lindsey Vonn is still suffering severe pain and may have to retire from competition almost a year…
After multiple surgeries on her knees, professional skier Lindsey Vonn is still suffering severe pain and may have to retire from competition almost a year earlier than she had planned.
The 34-year-old Olympic gold medalist returned to the slopes this weekend for the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy, after a few weeks off to recover from her latest surgery. She has been doing special rehabilitation exercises to help her, and competed with braces on both of her knees.
In the downhill competition on Saturday, January 19, Vonn finished in ninth place. However, she was unable to complete the super-G race on Sunday, January 20.
She later told the press that it may have been her very last race.
“But I’m emotional right now. I have to really think clearly about that. It’s not a decision I make lightly or quickly,” Vonn said, according to the Associated Press.
She then talked to an interviewer from a Swiss television station, telling the outlet that she has to “listen to [her] body and it’s time to say goodbye.
