Lindsey Vonn has only two races remaining on her aching knees. The women's all-time leader in World Cup wins announced Friday that she will retire from ski racing after this month's world championships in Sweden. The 34-year-old Vonn had been planning to retire in December but changed her plans because of persistent pain in both […]
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Lindsey Vonn blows good shot at gold in final Olympic event when she clipped a gate, giving silver to Mikaela Shiffrin
Tom Pennington/Getty Images Lindsey Vonn did not medal in the ladies’ combined event when her ski clipped a gate on her final run. Vonn had entered the final run in first place and had a good shot to win gold in the slalom portion of her final Olympic event. Fellow American Mikaela Shiffrin salvaged another […]
Italy’s Sofia Goggia Wins the Downhill; Lindsey Vonn Takes Bronze
American Lindsey Vonn won a bronze medal in the downhill on Wednesday, sealing her comeback in her best event after missing the 2014 Olympics with an injury. Italy’s Sofia Goggia won gold.
Lindsey Vonn breaks down in interview after winning bronze in her last race in her signature Olympic event
NBC Olympics/Twitter Lindsey Vonn won bronze in what was likely her last Olympic downhill race on Wednesday. Afterward, Vonn got choked up while discussing her late grandfather and her career. Vonn, who will compete in the Alpine combined on Friday, called it a “fun ride.” U.S. Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn won bronze in the downhill […]
Lindsey Vonn intentionally slowed down during her downhill training run because she didn’t want her opponents to know how fast she was going
Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images Lindsey Vonn completed her first two training runs for the downhill event on Sunday and Monday at the Winter Olympics. After Vonn failed to medal in the super-G, her training times suggest she will be in a good position to rebound in the downhill. Despite apparently intentionally slowing herself down, she still […]
Ester Ledecka Wins Gold in Super G; Lindsey Vonn Finishes 6th
American skier Lindsey Vonn skidded wide on a turn in the lower half of the Super G and finished sixth in her first race in these Olympics on Saturday. Czech Republic’s Ester Ledecka won gold.
Lindsey Vonn walks away after crashing in Lake Louise downhill
Lake Louise was unusually harsh on Lindsey Vonn in the first women’s World Cup downhill of the season Friday. Her American teammate Mikaela Shiffrin fared much better. In the lead by five hundredths of a second, Vonn crashed within sight of the finish line on the Alberta mountain where she owns 18 World Cup victories. She was able to get up and […]
Lindsey Vonn wants to be the GOAT
Lindsey Vonn’s World Cup skiing victories have already earned her a pair of cows. But what she really wants, most of all, is to be the GOAT. Greatest Of All Time is a title reserved for the best to ever play their sports. It’s usually bestowed upon men: Michael Jordan in basketball, Wayne Gretzky in hockey, […]
5 Things About Lindsey Vonn
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Sure, she’s one of the most famous athletes in the United States and around the world for insane skiing skills, but what ELSE do know about Lindsey Vonn? Sophia Jurksztowicz fills you in. CBC | Sports News
Lawyer for Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn vows to pursue legal action ‘swiftly and vigorously’ against sites publishing their hacked nude photos
Andy Lyons/Getty Images Former celebrity couple Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn are among the latest to fall victim to hacks and leaked nude photos being published online and their lawyer is vowing to go after the sites who don’t take them down. Attorney Michael Holtz, who is representing both Woods and Vonn, told the Minneapolis […]