“I’m retiring because my body is broken.”And yet Sunday at the world ski championships in Are, Sweden, that broken body hurled down the hill one final time in her signature event, the downhill. What’s important in remembering Vonn is that, broken body or not, she did it when most others certainly would not have even tried. [Lindsey Vonn completes career with one last emotional run]Vonn reacts in the finish area after her final run Sunday in Are, Swede. ‘It’s always been all or nothing for me,’ Lindsey Vonn said this week in a phone conversation from Sweden. Define Lindsey Vonn as a ski racer all you want, even the best of all-time.

Source: Washington Post February 10, 2019 12:00 UTC