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After missing out on the 2022 Olympics, Lindsey Vonn is back where she belongs.
The 41-year-old was named to the 97-man U.S. ski and snowboard team (50 women and 47 men) to officially complete her Olympic comeback.
Vonn did not compete in the 2022 Games in Beijing due to an ACL injury, but she returned last season after a partial knee replacement and quickly began to show the form that made her a four-time overall world champion.
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Lindsey Vonn of Team United States in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women’s Downhill on January 10, 2026 in Zauchensee, Austria. (Millo Moravski/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
She has won two World Cup downhill races this season – to take her career total to 84 – and will be a favorite in both speed events in Cortina. Vonn took home a win earlier this month.
Vonn returned to skiing after a six-year retirement and said she was in perhaps the best shape of her career despite undergoing partial knee replacement surgery. With each win, Vonn extends her record as the oldest race winner in 60-season history WC circuit. Her 84th career win at the circuit was her record-extending 45th in the downhill.
Vonn won her only downhill gold medal at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. She also won a bronze in that year’s super-G and another in downhill in Pyeongchang eight years ago.
Lindsey Vonn, right, reacts after receiving her bronze medal in the women’s downhill in Pyeongchang, South Korea. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Mikaela Shiffrin also made her fourth Olympic team, and Chloe Kim will compete for her third gold in as many games.
Shiffrin is trying to bounce back after going 0-for-6 in her bid to win a medal four years ago. She won gold in the slalom at the 2014 Sochi Games and gold in the giant slalom four years later in South Korea. She is locked in this season in slalom and has won six races.
Mikaela Shiffrin of Team United States takes first place during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women’s Slalom on January 21, 2024 in Jasna, Slovakia. (Paul Brechu/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
Kim has won each of her golds in the halfpipe, an event where she also has three world championships to her name. She has also won eight X Games gold medals in SuperPipe.
