Int'l Ski Federation rejects Lindsey Vonn's bid to race against men

Proclaiming "that one gender is not entitled to participate in races of the other," the International Ski Federation Saturday rejects St. Paul native Lindsey Vonn's bid to compete in next month's men's World Cup downhill ski race.

Author:
BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Nov 3, 2012

Proclaiming "that one gender is not entitled to participate in races of the other," the International Ski Federation (FIS) Saturday rejected St. Paul native Lindsey Vonn's bid to compete in the men's World Cup downhill ski race, the Pioneer Press reported.

Vonn, a gold medal winner in the downhill in the 2010 Winter Olympics and four-time overall World Cup champion, announced last month that she wanted to compete against men in the event, which is set to take place in Canada Nov. 24.

Vonn crashed but was unhurt in the season opener of the World Cup giant slalom last week in Soelden, Austria.

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Is a battle of the sexes shaping up on the ski slopes? St. Paul native Lindsey Vonn hopes so. She wants to race against men in a downhill event in Canada in November.

St. Paul native Lindsey Vonn crashed but was unhurt in the season opener of the World Cup giant slalom Saturday in Soelden, Austria. Tina Maze of Slovenia, who was runner-up to Vonn in the overall standings last season, finished first.

The Burnsville native did Saturday what only four other females have ever done on skis. Vonn won the World Cup giant slalom and has now claimed victory in all five skiing disciplines in her career.

St. Paul native Lindsey Vonn has been hospitalized in Vail, Colo., with an undisclosed illness. Vonn, a gold medal winner in the downhill in the 2010 Winter Olympics and four-time overall World Cup champion, backed out of a promotional event in Vail Friday because of illness.

Is Lindsey Vonn the best skiier in the world? She'd like to find out.

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