Five years ago, Lindsey Vonn retired from ski racing, largely because her aching right knee, damaged by high speed crashes and multiple surgeries, could no longer take the stress of the sport. “My career ended with no intention of coming back,

Alpine skiing great Lindsey Vonn will rejoin the United States ski team with hopes of racing at the World Cup this winter, the US Ski and Snowboard Federation said on Thursday. Vonn, 40, retired five years ago largely because of pain in her right knee,

Vonn, 40, announced her retirement in 2019, but tells The New York Times that she will start training with the United States ski team on Nov. 15, a development that she said is “amazing and definitely not planned.” She also said she has recorded 15 days of race training on snow in Europe and New Zealand since August.