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• Vonn undergoes surgery on right knee

  February 11, 2013 11:20 AM

  The surgeon who operated on Lindsey Vonn's right knee was "optimistic for a full recovery" after she shredded two ligaments during a crash last week at the world championships. Dr. Bill Sterett, a physician for the U.S. Ski Team, performed the procedure on the four-time overall World Cup champion on... more »

• Vonn returns to Europe and begins training again

  January 3, 2013 8:18 PM

  Lindsey Vonn is feeling better and has returned to Europe. She has started training again in preparing for her return to the World Cup circuit this month after a midseason break to recover from an intestinal illness. The racing director of Vonn's equipment supplier tells The Associated Press that the... more »

• Vonn tells People magazine she suffered depression

  December 14, 2012 8:55 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Skiing star Lindsey Vonn has revealed to People magazine that she struggled with depression, and was prescribed an antidepressant to treat the condition. In the latest issue of the magazine, the 28-year-old Vonn says that in 2008, "I couldn't get out of bed. I felt hopeless,... more »

• High school student gets homecoming date with Lindsey Vonn

  November 5, 2011 8:08 PM

  VAIL, Colo. (AP) - Parker McDonald found the perfect last-minute homecoming date in the school lunch room: Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn. The superstar skier was visiting Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy on Thursday when the 15-year-old McDonald worked up the courage to ask her to his dance. She accepted,... more »

• Vonn wins 3rd title in 3 days with super-G victory

  March 6, 2011 10:55 PM

  TARVISIO, Italy (AP) - Lindsey Vonn clinched her third discipline title in three days with a super-G victory Sunday to wrap up a memorable weekend of racing. Vonn took the super-combined and downhill titles the past two days and has moved within 96 points of German rival and good friend... more »

• Coloradan Lindsey Vonn 'pretty sore' after crash

  February 3, 2011 4:32 PM

  HINTERREIT, Austria (AP)-Olympic downhill champion Lindsey Vonn escaped major injury after slamming her head on the slope during training, six days before the opening race of the world championships. Thomas Vonn, her husband and chief adviser, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that the three-time overall World... more »

• Vonn honored, Sakic inducted into Colorado HOF

  April 20, 2010 11:55 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn is Colorado's athlete of the year and Joe Sakic is in the state's sports hall of fame. Also inducted Tuesday night was former Broncos coach Mike Shanahan, who won two Super Bowls with the Broncos before becoming the Washington Redskins coach earlier this... more »

• Homecoming bash in Vail for skier Lindsey Vonn

  March 31, 2010 12:09 PM

  Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn is getting a homecoming celebration from one of her sponsors. Vail Resorts Inc. was hosting the celebration Wednesday afternoon, with giveaways for her fans. Vonn won a third consecutive World Cup overall title this season, plus a downhill gold medal and super-G bronze... more »

• Colorado's Lindsey Vonn wins World Cup title

  March 11, 2010 11:27 AM

  Lindsey Vonn may have crashed in the giant slalom Thursday, but she got some good news after the race. The International Skiing Federation confirmed Vonn as the super-combined World Cup champion. She already had secured the downhill and super-G titles. Vonn sealed the super-combined title when the third race... more »

• Vail Resorts names trail after hometown skier Vonn

  March 1, 2010 9:17 AM

  Vail Resorts is honoring Lindsey Vonn by naming a trail on Vail Mountain after the Olympic medal winner. As of Sunday, the expert "International" trail is known as "Lindsey's". The trail was used for the women's speed events during the World Alpine Championships at Vail and Beaver Creek in 1989... more »

• Riesch wins slalom while Vonn fails to finish

  February 27, 2010 2:28 AM

  WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) - Maria Riesch of Germany has won the slalom title for her second gold medal of the Winter Olympics, as Lindsey Vonn skied out chasing her second victory. Riesch led after the first leg and had a combined two-run time of 1 minute, 42.89 seconds through... more »

• Vonn crashes in 1st run of giant slalom

  February 24, 2010 1:39 PM

  Lindsey Vonn has crashed out of the first run of the Olympic giant slalom race. The American lost control around a right turn on the top half of the course Wednesday, got twisted around, landed hard on her left hip and crashed backward into the safety netting. After being... more »

• Vonn falls in Olympics Super Combined

  February 19, 2010 2:07 AM

  WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) - More pain today for Lindsey Vonn. Admitting that her bruised right shin still hurts, Vonn lost her bid for a second Olympic title when she missed a gate and fell in the slalom leg of the women's super-combined. Vonn's closest friend and main rival, Maria... more »

• Lindsey Vonn has fastest training time on first run

  February 15, 2010 4:02 PM

  Even with a badly bruised right shin, American star Lindsey Vonn still has the fastest time through the upper section of the course in a downhill training run. The women will ski the bottom section later Monday, following the conclusion of the men's downhill race - the first Alpine... more »

• Vonn continues to get better

  February 15, 2010 1:57 AM

  WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) - Lindsey Vonn's husband says she has gone through a complete slalom training session on her own, the toughest test yet for her bruised right shin. Thomas Vonn says in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Sunday that the two-time overall World Cup champion's... more »

• Encouraging news for Lindsey Vonn

  February 12, 2010 2:57 AM

  WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) - Lindsey Vonn's husband says it's "fantastic" the first women's Olympic downhill training session has been called off because it gives her bruised right shin more time to heal. Vonn did take a free run down the mountain - although not on the official course -... more »

• Injury may force USA gold medal hopeful from Olympics

  February 10, 2010 2:22 PM

  U.S. skiing star Lindsey Vonn says she is worried a badly bruised right shin will keep her out of the Vancouver Olympics. Vonn revealed Wednesday that she was injured in a slalom training run Feb. 3 during pre-Olympic practice in Austria. She says she questions whether "I'll be even... more »

• Vonn and Flatt join "compete clean" campaign

  January 21, 2010 2:19 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Lindsey Vonn is one of seven American winter athletes signed on to "I Compete Clean," a U.S. Anti Doping Agency initiative to promote drug-free sports. Vonn, expected to be one of the stars of the upcoming Winter Olympics, is joined by Tim Burke (biathlon), Julie... more »

• Americans rolling with Winter Games 1 month away

  January 11, 2010 4:40 PM

  The success of Lindsey Vonn on the ski slopes, Tim Burke in biathlon and Billy Demong and Todd Lodwick in Nordic combined is giving the U.S. a considerable lift a month before the Olympics. With a string of World Cup successes across Europe, the four highlighted an historic weekend for... more »