Lindsey Vonn’s skiing comeback at the age of 40 means she can’t go to the Super Bowl, an event on her schedule when she was retired for the last five years.

A veteran ski journalist explains Lindsey Vonn’s return to downhill racing: why she retired, how her body changed, and what’s at stake when hurtling down a slope on an artificial knee

Lindsey Vonn has completed pre-race inspection and is planning on competing in the super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships despite feeling sick with “a cold or the flu.”