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Lindsey Vonn will return to World Cup ski racing next weekend for a pair of speed events in St. Moritz, Switzerland, as she continues her comeback at 40 years old.

Vonn teased her return in an Instagram post 

, on Friday morning. She said, “I hear St. Moritz is pretty nice this time of year.” The U.S. Ski Team confirmed she will race in St. Moritz.

She’s won five of her 82 World Cup races on the venue at St. Moritz.

It will be her first major race since February 2019, when she took third in the downhill during the world championships in Sweden. An assortment of injuries, including to her knee, sent her into retirement. But a partial knee replacement last April has her feeling good enough again to give racing another chance.

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Lindsey Vonn will return to World Cup ski racing next weekend for a pair of speed events in St. Moritz, Switzerland, as she continues her comeback at 40 years old. Vonn teased her return in an Instagram post through her sponsor, Red Bull, on Friday morning.

Minnesota Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn to enter World Cup ski races next weekend in Switzerland at age 40

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