"It was all going a little too easy for Lindsey Vonn, wasn't it? All of the nervous apprehension, the paternalistic concern, the arch skepticism and hushed snickers that had rippled through the sports world when she announced her comeback from a six-year retirement had long since gone silent. A once-unthinkable fairytale ending at the age of 41 on the slopes of Cortina d'Ampezzo was practically within touching distance."
"In the first two months, she finished 14th in a super-G at St Moritz, before improving to sixth and fourth in her next two races at St Anton. Then came this Olympic season. Vonn reached the podium in all five World Cup downhill races she entered two wins, a second place and two thirds seizing the red bib as the discipline's season-long leader and reestablishing herself, against all odds, as one of the fastest skiers on the planet."
Lindsey Vonn returned to alpine skiing at age 41 after a six-year retirement caused by a battered right knee, multiple surgeries and gruesome crashes. Early skepticism gave way as she finished 14th in a super-G at St Moritz, then improved to sixth and fourth at St Anton, demonstrating competitiveness. During the Olympic season she reached the podium in all five World Cup downhill races she entered — two wins, a second place and two thirds — and claimed the red bib as season-long discipline leader. One week before the Olympics she lost control on a high jump at Crans-Montana, skidded into safety netting amid falling snow and poor visibility, and her airbag deployed.
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