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Why is Lindsey Vonn not competing at the Winter Olympics 2022?

Lindsey Vonn is widely considered to be the best female ski racer of all time. Here, find out the reason why she will not beparticipating in the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games.

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Lindsey Vonn of the USA at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games
© Alain Grosclaude/Getty ImagesLindsey Vonn of the USA at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games

The 2022 Winter Olympicsis amulti-sport international tournamentbeing held in Beijing and the surrounding areas of Yanqing and Chongli, China. From February 4 to February 20, 2022, the festival will take place. Beijingisthe world’s first city to hold both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.

This Olympic program for 2022 features 15 sports and 15 disciplines. This year’s tournament is projected to draw a total of 2900 athletes from more than 110 countries. Team USA will be one of the strongest in Beijing in 2022, with 223 athletes.

You can watch all of the action from the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics live on Peacock, which has live streaming coverage of every single competition from this amazing sporting event. Tune in to make sure you don’t miss any of your favorite athletes or disciplines.

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2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games:Why is Lindsey Vonn not competing?

Lindsay Vonn was one of the most accomplished female skiers in United States history, having competed in four Winter Games and serving as the face of Team USA at one time. Shewill not be competing at the Winter Olympics 2022 because she hasfinished her career with three Olympic medals, includinggoldin downhill in Vancouver, and 82 World Cup triumphs.

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After capturing bronze in the downhill at the world championships, she retired in February 2019. She reportedly haddamaged her anterior cruciate ligament twice, pulled her medial collateral ligament completely off the bone, fractured her right tibia plateau, and had a few concussions.The most successfulOlympics woman skier of all time last competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

In the immediate aftermath of her retirement, the now 37-year-old hadexpressed her desire to continue racing and stated that if her body had held up, she would have competed in Beijing. Since she was three years old, Vonnhas been skiing. She started racing competitively at the age of seven, and by the age of nine, she was competing internationally.

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