Lindsey Vonn has up to date her followers on her social media channels about her plans for her return to the World Cup within the upcoming 2024-25 season. Previously-retired U.S. ski racer Vonn had introduced her return to aggressive snowboarding in November this yr after a number of weeks and months of rumors. The 40-year-old athlete had been noticed coaching in New Zealand in September and subsequently in Europe in October, sending the rumor mill into overdrive. Some news-outlets even acquired so excited on the prospect of the legendary skier’s return to the World Cup that they misinterpreted a press launch from Sölden, Austria, pondering she would begin on the World Cup Large Slalom occasion in October.
Nevertheless, Vonn’s return to World Cup racing is a bit more difficult than Marcel Hirscher’s return, as FIS guidelines required her FIS factors to be under 80 for a return to World Cup pace occasions. Hirscher competes in Slalom and Large Slalom, the place skiers can begin with under 140 factors, so he was in a position to return to the World Cup with the usage of the newly launched wildcard with out having to attend any FIS races. Previous to the races at Copper Mountain, Vonn had 104.81 factors in Downhill and 93.02 factors in Tremendous-G. Subsequently, Vonn needed to earn FIS factors on the FIS Fall Competition at Copper Mountain final weekend to spice up her FIS rating. Vonn confirmed in her video that following the 2 Downhill and two Tremendous-G occasions at Copper’s Velocity Middle, she is now eligible to compete at World Cup stage.
Vonn confirms in her video that she won’t be competing as a World Cup starter on the Downhill and Tremendous-G in Beaver Creek, Colorado, subsequent weekend, December 14 and 15. Vonn explains that, “I might love to have the ability to compete there however I didn’t get my time limits, and, additionally, I’m not actually prepared. So this would be the take a look at to see if I’m actually prepared.”
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Federation additionally confirmed that it had utilized for a wildcard for Vonn for the races in Corviglia, St. Moritz, Switzerland, on December 21 and 22. Nevertheless, whether or not she will certainly begin has not been confirmed.
It will likely be thrilling to see Vonn as forerunner on the World Cup in Beaver Creek. The forerunner’s race is timed, so it’s going to supply a very good comparability of how Vonn may carry out towards the world’s worldwide ski racing elite.
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