Vonn targets World Cup record
PYEONGCHANG: After winning a bronze medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn said that her next goal is to break the record of World Cup wins held by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark.
Vonn, who won bronze in the women’s downhill at the PyeongChang Games, said she hopes to achieve the milestone next season. The 33-year-old needs six wins to surpass Stenmark, who retired with 86 World Cup victories. “I’m not going to stop ski racing until I break it,” Vonn said.
“I think next season I can get it done. I hope I can get it done because I’m not getting any younger.”
Vonn, who also has gold and bronze at Vancouver 2010, said she also wants to compete against male skiers after getting approved by the International Ski Federation (FIS).
“I don’t know if physically I’m as strong or as competitive as I once was,” she said. “However, I would still like to have the opportunity to try.”
Vonn made headlines recently after she scattered her late grandfather’s ashes near the Olympic speed ski competition venue in Jeongseon, Gangwon Province. Her grandfather was a Korean War veteran.
Vonn said that at PyeongChang 2018, likely her last Olympics, she skied with passion and heat. She believes that she made her grandfather proud even though her medal in South Korea was not a gold medal.
“In the end, I gave it absolutely everything I had,” she said. “A bronze medal honestly feels likes a gold medal to me.”