Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn, 40, set to come out of retirement after five years and compete in World Cup

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LINDSEY VONN has been tipped to make a stunning return from retirement.

The skier is a two-time World Champion and Winter Olympic gold medalist.

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Lindsey Vonn is set to return to competitive skiiing[/caption]

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She retired from competitive skiing back in 2019[/caption]

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She is a previous World and Olympic champion[/caption]

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She has dated golf star Tiger Woods[/caption]

Vonn, 40, is one of the sport’s most decorated athletes from her successful career.

She enjoyed a 19-year spell competing in the sport but was forced into retirement in February 2019 due to injury.

Earlier this year, she shared multiple photos from her career of the injuries that she suffered.

However, the American could be set for a spectacular return to the slopes, according to reports.

Swiss outlet Blick, has claimed that Vonn is keen to take part in the World Cup in Beaver Creek, Colorado, in December.

Vonn received an artificial knee joint back in April and is sure that she could return to competitive skiing.

It is believed that if her return to the World Cup races goes well, then she could return full-time.

Former German skier Felix Neureuther has claimed that Vonn is capable of making a comeback.

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He told the newspaper: “When I first heard the rumour of Lindsey’s comeback three days ago, I couldn’t imagine that you could ski really fast with an artificial knee joint.

“But looking at it from a distance, I say: If anyone can do the seemingly impossible, it is the one and only Lindsey Vonn.”

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She won the Laureus Spirt of Sport Award in 2019[/caption]

Meanwhile, Austrian coach Sepp Brunner believes that Vonn is being “very ambitious”.

He added: “I was able to watch Lindsey Vonn train gliding curves in a very ambitious manner on the Rettenbach glacier.”

Vonn made her Olympic debut back in 2002 at the games in Salt Lake City.

She won her Olympic gold medal in the Downhill event eight years later in Vancouver, Canada.

This success came the year after she won the World Championships in the Downhill and Super-G events.

Between March 2013 and May 2015, she was in a relationship with golf star Tiger Woods.

She has since revealed that she found it “really hard” being with the golfing legend due to all the scrutiny they were under as a celebrity couple who were both at the peaks of their respective sports.