NY Times · Feb 1, 2019
Lindsey Vonn to Retire
Doug Mills/The New York Times
Minutes after a race training session last November, Lindsey Vonn sat in a Colorado condominium repeatedly adjusting a bulky ice bag on her aching right knee.
“I’m old,” she said with a muffled laugh.
The conversation turned to how much longer Vonn would race; the record for career World Cup victories was within her grasp.
“Not long,” Vonn insisted. “This record is not a hill to die on for me.”
On Friday, after another serious knee injury sidelined her again, Vonn, 34, announced her retirement from ski racing.