Lindsey Vonn is getting real.
after suffering multiple injuries over the course of her career. The athlete had been devoted to skiing ever since she was a little girl, deciding it was her dream to compete in the Olympics when she was nine years old. With her whole family devoted to making her dreams come true, she also had many low points in her life, struggling with depression and her parents' divorce. The only way she got through those hard times was skiing.
"I just kind of used that as my escape and kind of funneled all of my emotions into my races. That was my outlet," she continues, before touching on the downside of retiring."I think that's why it was such a challenge for me when I retired because I didn’t have that outlet anymore and had to really confront certain things that I had been neglecting and putting off for a really long time.
She says that skiing is"definitely a high risk job" and she was hoping that when she retired that her"body would be happier and less angry every morning." Unfortunately, she notes, that has not changed."It hurts every day, so it's a bit frustrating. But I think maybe I can get a knee replacement in the next year or two or something like that," she says."Hopefully that will help.
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