Before her fateful downhill run Sunday — one that ended with a violent crash after 13 seconds — Lindsey Vonn pulled on a pair of out-of-production gloves from her childhood skiing idol, Picabo Street. Street confirmed to The Los Angeles Times that the two longtime friends made the glove exchange before the Olympics. "When she saw a picture of me in those gloves, she was like, 'Oh, those would be cool,' " Street told The Times. "Those gloves are especially meaningful to Street because they are immortalized on the bronze statue of her in Sun Valley, Idaho. Ski Team together — Street at the end of her career, Vonn at the beginning — and have been close friends for years.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 11, 2026 21:42 UTC