With Marcel Hirscher The former World Cup leader is already returning to the skiing circus. Now one could Another superstar is celebrating his comeback. Signs are increasing that US-American Lindsey Vonn return is in mind.
A promotional video from the four-time overall World Cup winner for his ski brand Head got the rumor mill going. She was seen filming in New Zealand with her former coach Chris Knight. There are also said to be some on the Rettenbachferner in Sölden Completed training sessions Yes and he is planning one Test run for the race at Beaver Creek in December, as “Blick” wants to know. She should too Support from the US Ski Association according to the “Kleine Zeitung”.
If she gets one of the recently introduced artificial cards, the 39-year-old could be back in the World Cup front row. She could therefore choose a path like Hirscher. The 67-time World Cup winner could using a wildcard start at the season opener in Sölden.
Comeback despite knee problems?
Unlike Hirscher, Vonn went into her supposed retirement somewhat damaged. The American has always been involved during her active career Knee problems to fight and therefore put her career on hold in 2019. She even got one in April Knee prostheses.
It was only in the spring that Vonn told “Sport-Bild” that she would “never be free of pain again in her life.” Due to his injury history, a comeback seems difficult to imagine, but not impossible. This is also fueled by the fact that Vonn drives your Head. Because Grand Master John Eliasch is also the President of FIT and there would probably be little objection to the superstar’s return.
Vonn could do “the seemingly impossible”.
“If anyone can do the seemingly impossible, it’s the unique Lindsey Vonn,” says former ski racer Felix Neureuther. Neureuter initially told “Blick” that he wouldn’t trust anyone else to have an artificial knee joint.
Vonn made her Ski World Cup debut in 2000 and won 82 races. She is a double world champion and won Olympic gold for the USA in 2010.