Former Olympic gold medalist and world champion Lindsey Vonn is returning to skiing, she announced Thursday. In that same month, ahead of the competition, Vonn announced her retirement, citing injuries. After many sleepless nights, I have finally accepted that I cannot continue ski racing,” Vonn wrote in an announcement on Feb. 1, 2019. Vonn has also won three Olympic medals, the most recent of which came in 2018, the last Olympics she participated in. At the time of her retirement, Vonn was the winningest woman in skiing, with 82 World Cup victories.

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Persons: Lindsey Vonn, “ I’m, ”, Vonn, ” Vonn, Christophe Pallot, Injuries, “, Lindsey, Sepp Brunner, ” Felix Neureuther, Blick Organizations: Olympic, New York Times, Times, Swiss Locations: Sweden, Austria, Austrian, German