When asked about her decision to compete Vonn was stoic, saying she wasn’t getting emotional about the injury, and instead plans to fight back.
“I am not letting this slip through my fingers,” she said. “I’m not crying. My head is high, I’m standing tall and I’m going to do my best and whatever the result is.”
The 41-year-old skier has been in the middle of one of the most amazing comebacks in the history of the sport. Vonn retired from competition in 2019 after needing knee reconstruction surgery. The in December of 2024, five years after leaving the sport, Vonn came back to competition saying the pain in her knee
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