US EditionLindsey Vonn Added 12 Pounds of Muscle to Her Frame and Is Ready for Her Olympic Season at Age 41
Lindsey Vonn posted the fastest time of 1:30.95 in the first downhill training session as she prepares for the Milan-Cortina Olympics at age 41.
- On Dec 10, Lindsey Vonn led the opening session in St. Moritz, posting one minute, 30.95 seconds on the Corviglia piste in training for the Alpine skiing World Cup season.
- After returning last year from nearly six years away, Vonn resumed World Cup competition following knee surgery with two titanium implants, aiming for three events at Milan‑Cortina Winter Olympics.
- Margins versus rivals highlighted her early-season speed as Vonn’s training run left Kajsa Vickhoff Lie 0.59 seconds behind and Sofia Goggia 0.71 behind, with 82 World Cup wins third all time.
- Racing this weekend will shape Olympic qualifying and medal prospects as Vonn contests two downhills and a Super‑G in St. Moritz, aiming to become the oldest woman to medal if she qualifies.
- Physically, Vonn describes this as one of her strongest preparations, having gained about 12 pounds this summer and added Aksel Lund Svindal, former overall World Cup champion, to her coaching staff.
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The 41-year-old American, four Cups of the general world, was the fastest in the tests of the first descent of the season in St. Moritz: "For the first time I will make an Olympiad on a track that I know perfectly. My body has changed but I have never been so fit"
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Lindsey Vonn added 12 pounds of muscle to her frame and is ready for her Olympic season at age 41
Twelve more pounds of muscle. Equipment dialed in. A new superstar coach. At age 41 Lindsey Vonn is feeling more powerful than she has in years.
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The Straits TimesAlpine skiing-Vonn fastest in training for season's first downhill
ST MORITZ, Switzerland, Dec 10 : American great Lindsey Vonn, building towards an Olympic comeback at the age of 41, was fastest in training for the first women's downhill of the Alpine skiing World Cup season on Wednesday.Vonn, the 2010 Olympic downhill champion and a four-times overall World Cup champion wi
The former Speedqueen Lindsey Vonn dominates the first training to the two World Cup descents in St. Moritz.
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