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U.S. ski team:

Lindsey Vonn
could return to OVI-

WCup next

week

ERIC WILLEMSEN
Associated Press
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — TIME
Lindsey Vonn could make
her World Cup return in
Austria next week, two
months after undergoing
surgery on a broken arm.
The Alpine director of the
U.S. ski team, Patrick Riml,
told The Associated Press
on Wednesday that Vonn
had resumed ski training
in Colorado this week and
that she planned to travel
to Europe at the weekend.
“She had a couple of free
runs yesterday,” Riml said.
“Her coach Chris (Knight)
is on the way to Colorado.
They are planning on free
skiing today and then de-
cide on what’s possible, on
what makes sense.”
A downhill and a com-
bined event are scheduled
for Altenmarkt-Zauchens-
ee on Jan. 14-15, with more
speed races coming up in
Germany and Italy ahead
of the Feb. 6-19 world
championships in Switzer-
land.
“Maybe she needs more
training, maybe she feels
confident,” Riml said.
“We are hoping that she
comes back rather sooner
than later, maybe it’s Al-
tenmarkt, maybe it’s Gar-
misch, maybe it’s Cortina. It
all depends on how things
are going the next couple
of days.” Ovechkin scores in
The four-time overall cham-
pion, who broke her right OT as Caps beat Leafs
arm in a crash while train-
ing in Colorado in Novem-
ber, hasn’t raced since
fracturing her left knee dur- Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8), of Russia,
ing a super-G crash in An- celebrates his game-winning goal during overtime of an NHL
dorra in February 2016. hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Tuesday, Jan. 3,
2017, in Washington. The Capitals won 6-5 in overtime.
Associated Press
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