Lindsey Vonn will be competing in the women’s super-G and downhill events at the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships 2025 from Feb. 6-14 in Saalbach, Austria.
When Tom Brady played in the NFL well beyond the age of 40, he wasn’t considered crazy for facing 300-pound defensive linemen intent on sacking him.
When Lewis Hamilton recently got behind the wheel of a Ferrari Formula 1 car for the first time at 40, he wasn’t told he’s too old for the elite auto racing series.
Marcel Hirscher didn’t get nearly as many pointed questions when he recently returned to ski racing after five seasons away.
So why did Lindsey Vonn face so much second guessing in Europe about her comeback at age 40 this season after spending the same time away from the sport as Hirscher?
Before Vonn returned in December, two-time Olympic champion Michaela Dorfmeister suggested that the American “should see a psychologist,” adding on Austrian TV, “Does she want to kill herself?”
“We know people back home wake up early to watch us race, and we feel the support. We’ll make them proud.”
At the same time, being back to compete at her second world championship after missing it in 2023, the Invermere, B.C., native Cassidy Gray is eager to build on Canada’s recent success.
