Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn doesn’t rule out 2030 games
Lindsey Vonn is recovering from a crash that nearly cost the decorated alpine skier her leg, but Vonn said this week she has not ruled out returning to the Olympics in 2030, when she will be 45.
In an interview with CNBC Sport, the Olympic gold medalist said he would consider making one last run at the 2030 Winter Olympics if he can be competitive.
“It happened,” Vonn said. “If I were to do this, I would only do it if I could be fast. But I don’t know, that’s a long way off. I’d be 45.” [during] next Olympics. “That might be a bit much, but we’ll see.”
Vonn said she still uses crutches after a crash during her first downhill run at the Milan Cortina Olympics in February. He said he expects to be able to walk unaided by the end of April.
However, he said that he needed another surgery towards the end of this year to remove the metal in his leg due to the surgeries he had in the last two months. there were five – and to repair the anterior cruciate ligament he tore nine days before his Olympic run in January.
Lindsey Vonn of the United States participates in the second official training for the women’s downhill race ahead of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Tofane Alpine Ski Resort in Cortina d’Ampezzo on February 6, 2026.
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If Vonn were to compete again in 2030, she would be one of the oldest Olympic skiers in history. Forty-six year old alpine skier Sarah Schleper In February, she competed for Mexico in the women’s Olympic Super-G, finishing 26th.
Vonn came out of her first extended retirement last year more than five years to be top ranked downhill skier In the world entering the 2026 Olympics.
A win in Cortina d’Ampezzo would make Vonn the oldest woman to win a downhill gold medal at age 41. Instead, he crashed just 13 seconds into his run.
“I don’t want this to be the last run of my career,” Vonn said. “I just need to wait and see what my body does and how it responds.”
