Gold medal downhill skier Lindsey Vonn is back on the slopes after spending two nights in a Vail, Colo. hospital last week with an intestinal illness. She posted on Facebook that she’s “Finally starting to get healthy again!”
The four-time world champ did a little freeskiing Saturday and went through a giant slalom training session Sunday. She hopes do some super-G work Monday and be prepared to race in her first world cup event of the season this weekend in Aspen. It will all be up to how she feels later in the week.
“Obviously she has a little lack of energy,” U.S. women’s technical coach Roland Pfiefer told the AP Sunday. “It’s just a matter of how fast she’s able to charge her battery, talking about starting in Aspen. We go day by day. She’s in a very good mood. She likes to be on the slope again. She’s so happy to be back.”
Vonn also made headlines off the course when she requested to race against them in Lake Louise, Alberta at a race this weekend, but was denied her request by the International Ski Federation early in November on the grounds that “one gender is not entitled to participate in races of the other and exceptions will not be made.”
She hasn’t given up her pursuit of racing the men and has been consulting with lawyers regarding her options.