Lindsey Vonn hooks a gate with her arm and doesn't finish her opening race at skiing worlds Lindsey Vonn briefly lost feeling in right arm after getting it hooked on a gate that took her out of her opening race at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday, having competed in the super-G despite feeling sick.
Vonn then stayed out to join 22-year-old Lauren Macuga for the podium celebration after her much younger American teammate tied for third and secured a medal in her first world championship race — a feat that not even Vonn accomplished 20 years ago at her first worlds.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Vonn said the main goal of her comeback is to compete at next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics, when women's skiing will be held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, the Italian resort where Vonn holds the record with 12 wins.
I hit my nerve somehow and I hit the gate and lost feeling in my arm but it’s coming back slowly,” Vonn said.
These are Vonn's ninth worlds but her first since the 2019 edition when she won bronze in downhill in her final race before retirement.
