Lindsey Vonn qualifies for fifth Winter Olympics

As Philip Rivers has shown helium could inactive teardrop up the NFL astatine property 44, American Olympic fable Lindsey Vonn has besides proven that property is conscionable a number.

Vonn, 41, qualified for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, Team USA announced connected Tuesday. It volition beryllium the 5th Winter Olympics that she competes in.

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United States' Lindsey Vonn reacts astatine the decorativeness country of an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, successful Val D'Isere, France, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)

Vonn had an awesome tally astatine the World Cup successful France implicit the weekend. She was 3rd successful super-G, hitting a precocious velocity of 71 mph. It was her 2nd consecutive podium decorativeness aft she was 3rd successful downhill. It was the 142nd podium decorativeness successful her World Cup career.

"I americium honored to beryllium capable to correspond my state 1 much time, successful my 5th and last Olympics!" she wrote successful a station connected Instagram. "When I made the determination to instrumentality to skis racing, I ever had 1 oculus connected Cortina due to the fact that it’s a spot that is very, precise peculiar to me. Although I can’t warrant immoderate outcomes, I tin warrant that I volition springiness my implicit champion each clip l footwear retired of the starting gate. No substance however these games extremity up, I consciousness similar I’ve already won.

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United States' Lindsey Vonn celebrates connected the podium aft taking 3rd spot successful an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, successful Val D'Isere, France, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)

"I americium grateful for however the play has gone truthful far, but I americium conscionable getting started. See you successful Cortina!"

Vonn has already enactment unneurotic an enviable vocation successful skiing.

She won a golden medal successful the 2010 Vancouver Games and 2 bronze medals successful Pyeongchang successful 2018. She’s besides taken location 2 gold, 3 metallic and 2 bronze medals successful the World Championships.

The Minnesota autochthonal besides has 83 World Cup wins and respective International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Crystal Globes.

Notably, she’s backmost competing for golden aft being distant from the athletics for 5 years.

Austria's Cornelia Huetter, left, victor of an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, celebrates connected the podium with second-placed Germany's Kira Weidle Winkelmann, left, and third-placed United States' Lindsey Vonn, successful Val D'Isere, France, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)

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The Winter Olympics volition statesman connected Feb. 6 and tally done Feb. 22.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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