Big jumps. Lots of terrain. Steep pitches. The downhill course at the Alpine skiing world championships would have been a challenge for Lindsey Vonn바카라s aching legs before she retired in 2019. Now that she바카라s replaced part of her right knee with titanium? No problem. (More Sports News)
바카라This is probably the worst hill for someone with bad knees, but I felt great,바카라 Vonn said after placing 20th in the opening training session Tuesday. 바카라None of the landings hurt at all.바카라
Vonn returned to the skiing circuit in December at the age of 40 and she wasn바카라t initially planning on racing at the worlds. But she바카라s made so much progress that she바카라s going to enter the super-G on Thursday, the downhill on Saturday and the team combined event next week.
So what did the American standout make of her training performance?
바카라I was just taking it easy,바카라 she said. 바카라I thought it was a really fun course, actually. Reminds me of when I was learning how to ski downhill at Vail. We had a lot of terrain that we built like this, so it바카라s fun.바카라
Lara Gut-Behrami, Breezy Johnson and Federica Brignone placed 1-2-3 in the training session.
There are two more training sessions before Saturday바카라s downhill race.
바카라I really put zero weight into training runs because I바카라m testing things,바카라 she said. 바카라I have my jacket on. I have all my pads on. I바카라m trying different boots and in the training runs I바카라ve never done that before.바카라
Vonn told The Associated Press in a recent interview that the main goal of her comeback is to compete at next season바카라s Milan-Cortina Olympics 바카라 after which she바카라ll head back into retirement.
바카라This season,바카라 Vonn said, 바카라is all about figuring out what it바카라s going to take to be successful next year.바카라
