US speed star Lindsey Vonn: Olympic timeline

The 41-year-old had been trying to ski with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her daring bid to win a medal in her favoured discipline at her fifth Olympics. Vonn won the gold medal in the downhill and a bronze in the super-G at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010 and added another bronze in the downhill at Pyeongchang in 2018. AFP Sport chronicles Vonn's Olympic performances: 2026 Milan-Cortina The American had hung up her ski boots in 2019, but came out of retirement in 2024 thanks to a titanium implant in her right knee.