Lindsey Vonn announced last week that she would be retiring from skiing. She said in her announcement that she would compete at the World Championships in Downhill and Super-G and that they would be the final races of her career.
Tuesday’s Super-G didn’t end the way she had hoped. Vonn’s final Super-G of her career ended in a crash.
. @lindseyvonn was unable to finish the final Super-G race of her career this morning at World Championships. #are2019 pic.twitter.com/HyVFmNy0zZ
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) February 5, 2019
Lindsey Vonn crashes in final super-G race of her career: https://t.co/umjYvqJMTa pic.twitter.com/puozh3OThF
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) February 5, 2019
Despite the hard landing on the crash, Vonn didn’t take the sled to the bottom of the hill. She instead made her way down the hill under her own power.
The winningest woman in alpine history @lindseyvonn was not going to make her final Super-G trip down in a sled. She will do it under her own power. ? #are2019 pic.twitter.com/5YDRDQXBnA
— #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) February 5, 2019
Vonn seemed to be okay following the crash and talked what happened leading up to the end of her final Super-G race.
Lindsey Vonn talks about her crash this morning at the Alpine Skiing World Championships.
"I wanted to lay it all out on the line…I didn't see the the piece of terrain exactly the way I should have, my skies hooked up and I went straight through the panel." pic.twitter.com/bZI8BpfpYc
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) February 5, 2019
The final race of Vonn’s career will be on Sunday in the downhill. No matter how that race ends she’ll go down as the best female skier of all-time.
Don’t be too worried about Lindsey, she already has a pretty good career after skiing lined up.
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