Category: Lindsey Vonn

On Olympic course debut, Vonn 1st in downhill training

United States’ Lindsey Vonn smiles in front of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games’ official mascots, white tiger Soohorang, left, for the Olympics, and black bear Bandabi for Paralympics, during a press conference following her first training session for the women’s World Cup downhill at the Jeongseon Alpine Center in Jeongseon, South Korea, Thursday, March 2, 2017. United States’ Lindsey Vonn competes during the first training session for a women’s World Cup downhill at the Jeongseon Alpine Center in Jeongseon, South Korea, Thursday, March 2, 2017.

American ski team pulls out of combined race after crashes

Lindsey Vonn of the United States, who refused the start, talks to reporters in the finish area during the women’s alpine combined Super-G race in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Friday. The U.S. ski team, including overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn, pulled out of the Alpine combined race Friday because of dangerous conditions on the course.

Federer enjoys his 1st day at the races as Vonn, Feuz excel

Lindsey Vonn of the United States, left, Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player, right, and his wife Mirka, center, look on during the men’s downhill race at the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Lindsey Vonn of the United States, right, Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player, left, and his wife Mirka, center, look on during the men downhill race at the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, February 12, 2017.

Skiing aims to catch up fast with new TV graphics at worlds

When Lindsey Vonn competes in the opening event at next week’s world skiing championships, television viewers will get their first look at some new on-screen technology. Graphics will include dynamic speed checks throughout a skier’s run, they will show acceleration out of the toughest corners, and they will count air time, plus launch and landing speeds, on big jumps.

Gut crashes; Shiffrin ecstatic in 4th; Vonn content in 12th

Switzerland’s Lara Gut lies in the snow after completing an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. United States’s Mikaela Shiffrin gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017.

Gut remains perfect in super-G; Vonn struggles in 9th

United States’ Lindsey Vonn gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Garmisch-Panterkirchen, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. Switzerland’s Lara Gut competes during an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Garmisch-Panterkirchen, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017.

Gut remains perfect in super-G; Vonn struggles in 9th

United States’ Lindsey Vonn gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Garmisch-Panterkirchen, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. United States’ Lindsey Vonn gets to the finish area after completing an alpine ski, women’s World Cup super-G, in Garmisch-Panterkirchen, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017.