{"id":1962904,"date":"2026-05-30T02:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1962904"},"modified":"2026-05-30T02:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:45:30","slug":"amid-the-crash-and-the-headlines-lindsey-vonn-broke-a-17-year-record-nobody-was-talking-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1962904","title":{"rendered":"Amid the Crash and the Headlines, Lindsey Vonn Broke a 17-Year Record Nobody Was Talking About"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lindsey Vonn with the St. Moritz Mascot in December 2025. | Image: Head Rebels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lindsey Vonn\u2019s return to World Cup ski racing was one of the most closely watched comebacks in recent alpine history.<\/strong> After six years of retirement, the then 40-year old returned to ski racing following a knee replacement surgery in the 2024-25 season. Her 2025-26 season was remarkable, seeing the 41-year-old athlete win her first World Cup after her six-year retirement in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and continued with more podiums and victories until the devastating crash at Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo during the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games. Before her Olympic campaign ended in a severe compound fracture, Vonn quietly achieved a milestone that had stood untouched for years in women\u2019s ski racing: she claimed the all-time World Cup starts record.<\/p>\n

Across her 2025-26 season, Vonn reached 416 career World Cup appearances, surpassing Austria\u2019s Renate G\u00f6tschl and becoming the most experienced female athlete in World Cup alpine skiing history. <\/strong>G\u00f6tschl had held the record with 409 starts for 17 years. Yet somehow this remarkable milestone went almost unnoticed.<\/p>\n