Lindsey Vonn wrote history when she finished her comeback season with a second place in a super-g race from World Cup but the legendary skier also leaves Sun Valley with a heavy heart.
Lucy, Vonn's 9 -year -old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel – and Loyal Travel Companion – has failing kidneys. The skier, 40, admitted that the prognosis was not good before she went to her house in Utah to be with Lucy.
“I have to find out … I already need the luck I can get,” said Vonn, who has two other dogs, Leo and Jade.
The 40-year-old looked forward to relaxing on the beaches of the Bahamas after a tiring season. But Lucy's diagnosis changed her vacation plans. The ski star previously revealed that 'the only time I have been flying privately with my dogs' and Lucy has long been a world traveler with Vonn.
Three months ago, in Copper Mountain, Colorado, Lucy went around in her comfortable bed in the warm lodge who waited for her owner from the training.
Vonn brought Leo to Sun Valley. She announced on Instagram in November that Leo had been diagnosed with cancer. But two months later, Vonn revealed that Leo 'graduated from Chemo treatment'.
Lindsey Vonn ended her comeback with a second place in a World Cup Super-G race
But she also revealed that her 9-year-old Cavalier king Charles Spaniel Lucy has failing kidneys
“I already need the luck I can get,” said the 40-year-old, who has two other dogs, Leo and Jade
“Leo is doing really well,” Vonn said Tuesday. “He is here and he is happy.”
Vonn closed her comeback season on Sunday at the age of 40 with a second performance in the Super-G. She became the oldest female Alpine Ski Racer to earn a World Cup podium place for almost six years.
It was her first World Cup stage ended since March 15, 2018. A year later she earned Downhill Brons at the world championships before she largely called it a career because of her bad knee. Vonn received a partial knee replacement almost a year ago, which means she returned to competitive ski racing a possibility.
Vonn was overwhelmed by emotions in the finish room Sunday after a vintage travel-fast and charging-through the Sun Valley course a second place.
The tears that followed, Vonn said, were a mixture of joy, relief, pride and appreciation that she could get so far.
“I just knew that if you know that the only option is to perform, it will get the best out of me,” said Vonn, who posted a sincere message on Instagram on Tuesday, dedicated her deceased mother. 'I used every last ounce of energy that I had and I tried to put everything together. It felt a bit, frankly, like the Olympic Games. '
More specifically, her Downhill -Run on the Vancouver games of 2010 when she won Gold. To this day, she can't see it without tears.
“This is going to be the same,” Vonn said about Sunday's electric race. “Even just thinking, I'm becoming emotional.”
Lucy has long been a world traveler with Vonn, the ski star who recently made her comeback
She is the oldest female Alpine Ski Racer who deserves a World Cup podium place for almost six years
She announced in November that Leo (right) had been diagnosed with cancer
Vonn ended her season without real pain and pain, especially not in her right knee that now contains titanium. However, her back is a bit painful, “but that's normal,” Vonn said.
She still tries to take everything – that she indeed went back to the stage this season.
“It feels great,” Vonn said. 'I always knew that I could do it … I think many people saw on Sunday what it meant for me. That I love the sport and I appreciate the fact that there are so many people who supported me during this trip. '
VONN is planning to return to Europe at a certain moment for more equipment tests with the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games from 2026 around the corner. She didn't have much of a preparation period before she announced in November that she returned to the American Ski team.
“Now I can actually train and do it in the right way (test) and the way it should be done,” Vonn said. 'One of the biggest reasons why I love ski racing is that you have to perform if the bet is the highest. I am proud of myself that I could do it.
“The skills I have is not disappeared, and it gives me a lot of confidence for next year.”
