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Opinion: Her legacy secure, Lindsey Vonn should focus on life after skiing

Lindsey Vonn’s legacy was secured long ago. No additional race, win or even record will change that.

Vonn is considering retiring now, after failing to finish a Super-G race in Cortina, Italy. She had hoped to keep skiing until December so she can finish her career at her beloved Lake Louise and maybe surpass Ingemar Stenmark’s mark for all-time World Cup victories. But her knees are shot, two decades of flying down mountains having exacted their toll.

“I’ve had four surgeries on my right knee. I’ve got no L.C.L. on my left knee. I’ve got two braces on.