Lindsey Vonn: Rebuilding a skiing superstar
11 years, 5 months ago

Lindsey Vonn: Rebuilding a skiing superstar

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Story highlights How Lindsey Vonn is bidding to return from a potentially career threatening injury American's Red Bull team insists it's as much a mental as it is physical battle to return British skier Chemmy Alcott relives recovering from three leg breaks in her career Extreme sports psychologist on the mentality of recovering from such high-speed falls CNN — It was the very first race of this year’s World Championships and Lindsey Vonn was confident of wresting back her Super-G title. Read: How Tiger and Vonn thwarted “stalkerazzi” Less than seven months later in September, Vonn clipped back into her skis on the slopes of Portillo, Chile, to test the reconstructed knee, insisting “I can’t tell which knee is injured” and that she was “skiing without fear.” Her plan is now to return to competitive skiing at the World Cup meeting in Beaver Creek, Colorado, from 29 November to 1 December. Ski Team, Dr Bill Sterett and we at Red Bull did everything possible to create an ideal rehab environment for Lindsey.” Early in that recovery process, Red Bull published a picture of Vonn, her knee heavily strapped on a medical bed doing exercises with the caption “not letting obstacles stand in her way.” Her program involved a strict calendar of rehab measurements and physical training but the physical side of things was only half of the battle. I couldn’t come back Austrian skier Hans Grugger “However, both Lindsey and Chemmy have developed excellent coping mechanisms, pushing aside thoughts of perhaps not ever being able to be the best in your sport.” But even extreme sports starts come to a point after an injury where they think enough is enough.

History of this topic

Lindsey Vonn ailing dog Lucy dominates thoughts as she leaves Sun Valley at end of comeback season
3 days, 19 hours ago
Lindsey Vonn takes 2nd in the final World Cup race of her comeback season, Lara Gut-Behrami wins
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With her comeback season almost finished, Lindsey Vonn already turning attention to 2026 Olympics
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Peers agree that ski queen's return at 40 is Vonn-derful
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Peers agree that ski queen's return at 40 is Vonn-derful
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Peers agree that ski queen's return at 40 is Vonn-derful
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Peers agree that ski queen's return at 40 is Vonn-derful
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Peers agree that ski queen's return at 40 is Vonn-derful
1 month, 1 week ago
Lindsey Vonn’s peers say her return at 40 is ‘pretty freaking awesome’
1 month, 1 week ago
Lindsey Vonn places 15th in downhill at ski worlds. She called it a ‘practice run for the Olympics’
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn hit pause on her life to ‘set a new standard of what’s possible’ back on the ski slopes
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn hooks a gate with her arm and doesn’t finish her opening race at skiing worlds
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn’s Alpine World Ski Championships return ends early after she collides with gate
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1 month, 3 weeks ago
Veteran US skier Vonn makes comeback for Milan-Cortina 2026
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Veteran US skier Vonn makes comeback for Milan-Cortina 2026
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn’s new titanium knee holds up fine in her 1st training run at the skiing worlds
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn takes 13th in World Cup Super-G day after skiing out of downhill
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2 months ago
Lindsey Vonn falls while on pace for top-5 finish at super-G in Cortina but avoids injury again
2 months, 1 week ago
Sofia Goggia earns her 4th downhill win in Cortina while Lindsey Vonn is 20th on the Olympic course
2 months, 1 week ago
Lindsey Vonn says she feels fine after fall in Cortina downhill training and will race this weekend
2 months, 1 week ago
Lindsey Vonn says her ‘bum is sore’ from fall in downhill training but otherwise she feels fine
2 months, 1 week ago
Lindsey Vonn impresses skiing into 6th place in her first World Cup downhill race since 2019
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn to resume her comeback in St. Anton in January after St. Moritz race canceled
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3 months, 1 week ago
Lindsey Vonn takes a low-risk approach and places 14th in her return to World Cup skiing at age 40
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3 months, 1 week ago
Lindsey Vonn’s coach suggests she’ll be competitive in her return to World Cup skiing at age 40
3 months, 1 week ago
Lindsey Vonn hits back at critics who think she’s crazy to return to ski racing at age 40
3 months, 1 week ago
Lindsey Vonn off to Europe with ‘butterflies of excitement’ for 1st World Cup race in nearly 6 years
3 months, 1 week ago
Lindsey Vonn reveals date for stunning return to World Cup skiing
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn to make World Cup skiing return in St. Moritz
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ski great Vonn confirms St. Moritz World Cup return next week
3 months, 2 weeks ago
With World Cup in her backyard, Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Kilde — skiing’s golden couple — focus on recovery
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn on return to skiing: ‘I don’t know how far I can take it. But so far it’s been incredible’
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn is encouraged by how close she is to being competitive in ski racing return at age 40
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn competes in a pair of downhills, another step on her comeback trail at the age of 40
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn begins comeback by finishing 24th and 27th in downhill races
3 months, 3 weeks ago
American ski racer Lindsey Vonn is picking up speed in her comeback bid at 40 years old
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Ski champ Lindsey Vonn poised to join pro athletes who’ve shown they still have it at 40+
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn, 40, reveals her imminent return date six years after skiing legend retired from the sport
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn to make her comeback to downhill racing at age 40 this weekend
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn has broken bones and broken records... now, at 40, the skiing legend is chasing more Olympic glory
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn makes shocking comeback to rejoin US ski team aged 40
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback
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Lindsey Vonn announces a comeback at 40, saying she's ready to race
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn comes out of retirement before 2026 games
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn, 40, ending retirement and rejoining U.S. Ski Team ahead of 2026 Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Olympic legend Lindsey Vonn explains the mindset of a winner
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Lindsey Vonn sarcastically admits she 'must be horribly unlikable' after Mikaela Shiffrin's record
2 years, 2 months ago
Lindsey Vonn flashes her toned midriff as she jets into LA
3 years, 11 months ago
Lindsey Vonn shows off a slimmer figure when in her skinny jeans
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Lindsey Vonn: I wanted to end my career at Cortina worlds
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