Lindsey Vonn Injury: Updates on Star Skier's Knee and Recovery

Lindsey Vonn was forced to miss the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia due to a knee injury, but it appears as if the skiing star is ready to ski in the FIS Alpine World Cup.

Continue for updates.

Friday, Dec. 5

Vonn Finishes Fourth at FIS Alpine World Cup

Vonn finished fourth at the FIS Alpine World Cup in her first race since returning from a knee injury. Universal Sports provided highlights of the race:

Thursday, Nov. 6

Vonn Making Faster Recovery Than Expected

Lindsey Vonn could return to action quicker than expected according to Nick Zaccardi of NBC's Olympic Talk:

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Lindsey Vonn could return to competition one week earlier than expected.

The 2010 Olympic downhill champion is giving serious thought to skiing at the World Cup stop in Aspen, Colo., on Thanksgiving weekend but also called it “a long shot,” according to The Associated Press.

The World Cup races in Aspen in three weeks are a giant slalom and a slalom, technical events in which Vonn doesn’t have as much recent success as the speed events of downhill and super-G.

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Thursday, Oct. 23

Vonn Suffers Knee Injury

USA Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn was forced to miss the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, due to a knee injury. Now the 30-year-old star is gearing up for a return to competition, having been back on the slopes for three weeks.

John Meyer of the Denver Post reported the latest details on Vonn's impending comeback on Wednesday, along with what Vonn had to say about her recovery process and more.

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Everything is going really well. The knee feels really good. With the meniscus stuff, I expected something to go wrong or there would be a setback of some sort, but there wasn't anything. It was great the whole time. I didn't have any pain, didn't have any swelling. It was quite a bit better than I expected.

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Vonn won a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Games in the women's downhill and a bronze in the super-G, but her bid to make an appearance in Sochi was derailed by a torn ACL and MCL at the 2013 world championships.

She then needed a second surgery on the ACL and suffered meniscus damage in a crash that occurred in November 2013 (h/t the Associated Press, via ESPN.com). It has been a long road back, and one that Vonn has had a tough time enduring, per Meyer:

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Because I haven't really competed in two years, and that's a quite unusual for me — I've been competing since I was 9 years old — it's been frustrating for sure. I'm ready to be racing again, I'm excited for this season. I had heard a couple of interviews where other girls had expected me to retire, and that's just not what's going to happen. I'm very fired up for this season and I'm looking forward to being back in the starting gate and being aggressive again.

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According to Meyer's report, Vonn is slated to make her official return on December 5 in the downhill and super-G events in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It will be interesting to see whether she can knock off the rust and trust her knee to hold up amid the heat of competition.

The 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, are still far off in the distance. However, Vonn appears determined to make it there, even though she will be 34 years old once they're underway.