Lindsey Vonn qualifies for 2026 Winter Olympics

Simply as Philip Rivers has proven that he can nonetheless tear up the NFL at age 44, American Olympic legend Lindsey Vonn has additionally confirmed that age is only a quantity.

Vonn, 41, certified for the 2026 Milan Cortina Video games, Group USA introduced on Tuesday. This would be the fifth Winter Olympics by which she participates.

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Lindsey Vonn reacts on the end of an alpine snowboarding, Girls’s Downhill World Cup, in Val D’Isere, France, December 20, 2025. (AP Picture/Pier Marco Tacca)

Vonn had a powerful efficiency on the World Cup in France this weekend. She got here third in super-G and reached a excessive pace of 115 km/h. It was her second podium end in a row, after coming third within the descent. It was the 142nd podium end in her World Cup profession.

“I’m honored to characterize my nation yet another time, at my fifth and closing Olympic Video games!” she wrote in a put up on Instagram. “Once I made the choice to return to ski racing, I all the time had one eye on Cortina as a result of it’s a place that could be very, very particular to me. Though I can’t assure any consequence, I can assure that I’ll give my greatest each time I step out of the beginning gate. Nonetheless these races finish, I really feel like I’ve already gained.

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Lindsey Vonn celebrates on the rostrum after taking third place in an alpine ski, Girls’s Downhill World Cup, in Val D’Isere, France, December 20, 2025. (AP Picture/Pier Marco Tacca)

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“I am grateful for a way the season has gone up to now, however I am simply getting began. See you in Cortina!”

Vonn has already constructed an enviable profession in snowboarding.

She gained a gold medal on the Vancouver Video games in 2010 and two bronze medals in Pyeongchang in 2018. She additionally took dwelling two gold, three silver and two bronze medals on the World Championships.

The Minnesota native additionally has 83 World Cup victories and several other Worldwide Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Crystal Globes to his identify.

It’s hanging that she is competing for gold once more after being out of the game for 5 years.

Austria’s Cornelia Huetter, left, alpine snowboarding Girls’s World Cup Downhill Championship, celebrates on the rostrum with second-seeded German Kira Weidle Winkelmann, left, and third-seeded Lindsey Vonn, in Val D’Isere, France, Saturday, December 20, 2025. (AP Picture/Pier Marco Tacca)

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The Winter Olympics begin on February 6 and run till February 22.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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