Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn has been medically cleared to resume downhill training for the upcoming Sochi Olympics.
Vonn reinjured her already surgically repaired right knee in a ski crash late last month that was thought to put her Olympic aspirations and hopes of defending her gold medal in jeopardy.
But after being cleared by her team of doctors, ESPN now reports the four-time World Cup champion and reigning Olympic downhill gold medalist is expected to start in Wednesday's first official training session at Lake Louise with the U.S. Ski Team.
The team added Vonn will start 10th in Wednesday's training run and a decision will soon be made as to whether she will be allowed to compete in the world championships slated for February. The Lake Louise course is one Vonn has long dominated over her career.
"She's trying to come back as quick as possible, and it just happens to be that Lake Louise is on the [schedule] right now," U.S. women's coach Alex Hoedlmoser told ESPN. "It's a very good place for her to come back and try because she's very familiar with the course and had success here."
Tiger Wood's girlfriend previously told ESPN she already knows she needs another operation on her knee, but, being just three races from equaling the World Cup women's record of 62 wins held by Austria's Annemarie Moser-Proell, is hoping to be able to put it off until after Sochi.
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