NEW YORK — Lindsey Vonn says it’s the location for alpine ski events at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy, that motivated her to attempt a return to ski racing last season following knee replacement surgery.

“I don’t think that I would have tried to have come back if the Olympics weren’t in Cortina. If it had been anywhere else, I would probably say it’s not worth it. But for me, there’s something special about Cortina that always pulls me back. It’s pulled me back one last time,” she said.

While the U.S. ski and snowboard team for next year’s Olympics won’t be announced until mid-January, Vonn said Tuesday at the Team USA Media Summit that she’s ready to show the world what a 41-year-old woman can accomplish.

Vonn , a key member of the organizing committee for Utah

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