Overview
- Vonn is confirmed for the U.S. team at the Milan‑Cortina Winter Olympics starting Feb. 6, marking her fifth Games and making her the oldest female Alpine racer in Olympic history.
- A partial titanium knee replacement in April 2024 allowed her to resume elite racing without chronic pain after retiring in 2019.
- Her World Cup campaign this season includes downhill victories in St. Moritz and Zauchensee and seven podiums, lifting her career tally to 84 wins and making her the oldest World Cup race winner at 41.
- Now coached by Aksel Lund Svindal, she heads to Cortina with strong course credentials, having won there 12 times across downhill and super‑G.
- In a People interview, she said she does not need to be skinny and emphasized strength after adding muscle, as media and social posts revisit past modeling shoots including a 2016 Sports Illustrated body‑paint feature with Caroline Wozniacki.