Three-time Olympic snowboarding medallist Lindsey Vonn made her aggressive return after nearly six years on Saturday in Copper Mountain, Colorado.
Vonn, 40, completed twenty fourth out of 45 skiers in her first of two downhill races on the FIS Fall Competition, and twenty seventh in her second.
The American retired in February 2019 however introduced she would come again to the game final month having had profitable knee surgical procedure in April.
“Right this moment was a stable begin and I had a blast being in begin with my team-mates once more,” Vonn wrote on social media.
“Whereas I am certain folks will speculate and say I am not in high kind due to the outcomes, I disagree. This was coaching for me.
“I am nonetheless testing tools and getting again within the groove. That is solely the start and the best way I am snowboarding is extra necessary than the occasions at this level.”
Vonn completed one minute and 44 seconds slower than winner Mirjam Puchner of Austria within the first race and one minute 53 seconds behind Puchner’s compatriot Cornelia Huetter within the second.
She made her World Cup debut aged 16 in 2000 and went on to win 20 World Cup titles – together with 4 total Crystal Globes – and eight World Championship medals, with 137 World Cup podiums and 82 World Cup victories.
Vonn received Olympic downhill gold on the Winter Video games in Vancouver in 2010, the place she additionally took bronze within the Tremendous-G. She claimed one other downhill bronze in Pyeongchang in 2018.
