when does lindsey vonn ski next
Lindsey Vonn’s next time on skis in competition is scheduled at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina, with her first downhill training run on Friday, February 6, 2026, followed by the women’s downhill race on Sunday, February 8, 2026, if she is cleared to start despite her ACL injury.
Key dates: when does Lindsey Vonn ski next?
- First downhill training run: Friday, February 6, 2026, 5:30 a.m. ET (Milano-Cortina Olympic downhill training session).
- Additional downhill training: A second training run is planned for Saturday, February 7, 2026, weather and her knee permitting.
- Women’s downhill race: Sunday, February 8, 2026, morning in Italy (listed around early morning ET broadcast in the U.S.).
These downhill training runs are effectively the next times she is set to ski in an official Olympic setting, and she must take part in at least one training run to be eligible for the downhill race under Olympic rules.
What about other events?
If her knee holds up after the downhill, Lindsey Vonn is also targeting:
- Team combined event: Scheduled for Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
- Super-G: Scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 2026.
Both of these starts are still described as tentative and depend on how her reconstructed and newly injured knee responds to the downhill days.
Injury and uncertainty
- Vonn recently suffered a complete ACL tear in her left knee during a downhill crash in late January 2026 but has chosen to continue preparing for the Games.
- She already races with a partial replacement in her right knee, so Milano-Cortina is being framed as an extremely high-risk but potentially storybook chapter in her comeback.
Because of that ACL injury, every reference to her “next race” comes with a big asterisk: the next time she skis should be the downhill training runs, but her actual race starts will be confirmed very close to race day.
TL;DR:
Lindsey Vonn is next scheduled to ski in the downhill training sessions for
the 2026 Winter Olympics at Milano-Cortina, starting Friday, February 6, 2026,
with the main women’s downhill race on Sunday, February 8, 2026, as long as
her injured knee allows her to start.
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