Lindsey Vonn back in the ski circus: comeback with six-pack for Olympics!

Lindsey Vonn back in the ski circus: comeback with six-pack for Olympics!

Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italien - Lindsey Vonn, the 40-year-old ski icon, is preparing for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. After her resignation in 2019 and a divisor in the right knee, she is now returning to skiing. Her return, which began in December 2022, was persecuted by her fans with great enthusiasm. Through social media, she gives insights into her intensive training that demonstrates her impressive physical condition, including a well -defined six -pack.

In your training, Vann pursues the goal of improving one percentage point every day. She can look back on an impressive career with 82 World Cups, an Olympic gold medal and two world championship titles. The 2026 Olympic Games are to be the last chapter of your skiing career for you. Vonn plans to end her career with a triumphal appearance in Italy.

return and challenges

In the current season, Vonn has already achieved some good results after almost six years in retirement. Her best result was a podium in a race in the USA. Nevertheless, she also had to accept setbacks, such as four DNFs (did not finish) in the World Cup and World Cup series. Her first DNF occurred in a fall in the Super-G in Cortina, where she was on the way to a podium.

Vonn expressed that she was faced with many challenges this season, especially with regard to her equipment. She felt in the sense that she started without a fixed basis and had to learn many things during the season. Despite these difficulties, she believes that the positive experiences outweigh the negative and that her hard work will pay off.

The Olympic Winter Games 2026

The XXV. Olympic Winter Games take place in Italy from February 6th to 22nd, 2026. This is an important event because it is the fourth Olympic Games in Italy, after the games in Rome 1960, Cortina 1956 and Turin 2006. A total of 2900 athletes in eight sports and 16 disciplines will compete for 114 medal sets, with a strong focus on gender equality.

The Olympic Games will introduce some new disciplines, including mixed team skeleton races and women's ski jumping from the big hill. The sports are distributed in different cities, including:

• cross -country skiing: Val di fiemme
• ice hockey, short track speed, figure skating, ice skating: Milan
• alpine ski racing, curling: Cortina d’Ampezzo
• Freestyle-Ski, Snowboard, Ski Mountain: Livigno
• Nordic combination, ski jumping: Val di fiemme
• Biathlon: Anterselva

A temporary Olympic village in Cortina will offer 1300 beds, in addition to another village in Milan, which will offer numerous amenities. Vonn is certain that it will be well prepared to provide one last, unforgettable idea, and she is optimistic about the upcoming challenges.

Further information on Vonn and the preparations for the Olympic Games can be found on Merkur , Olympics.com and Sport Austria .