Vonn not ready to retire from competitive skiing just yet
Lindsey Vonn can’t bring herself to say goodbye to ski racing without one final run at her favorite course.
So she intends to extend her farewell tour into next season.
The all-time winningest women’s World Cup racer announced on her new YouTube channel Friday that she plans to come back for one more series of speed races at Lake Louise, Alberta, during the 2019-20 season.
She was adamant she would retire following this season. But those plans were altered when she hyperextended and sprained a ligament in her knee during a training crash on Nov. 19. She posted video of the crash in which she fell on a turn, did the splits and went into the protective fence. She also suffered a bone bruise.
That wipeout forced her skip the speed events this weekend in Lake Louise, which she’s dominated so often that her fans playfully call it “Lake Lindsey.” Vonn has 18 career World Cup wins at the venue.
“The whole point of having one last season is to have one last season — to race in every single race one last time, to make those final memories,” Vonn said in her video.
