After the excitement surrounding Vonn

Marcel Hirscher: “Lindsey is old enough”

Marcel Hirscher comments on Lindsey Vonn's comeback.(Bild: GEPA pictures)

After a lot of headwind recently for Lindsey Vonn, who is about to return to the Ski World Cup, the US American is now receiving backing from Marcel Hirscher. "Lindsey is 40 now, she's old enough. She knows exactly what she's doing and what she's capable of."

Vonn could make her World Cup comeback at the races in St. Moritz shortly before Christmas. The US Ski Association has applied for a wild card for the super-G races on December 21 and 22. "I think it's great when someone so great, who has done so much for the sport, now feels drawn back to skiing and says I want to be back," said Hirscher on the ORF program "Sport am Sonntag". "She has made our sport much better known in America!"

Marcel Hirscher(Bild: Christof Birbaumer)

"I really have a lot offaithin her"
 The four-time overall World Cup winner, eight-time downhill bullet winner and 2010 Olympic champion wants to give it another go. "I really have a lot of faith in her if she stays pain-free," says Hirscher, who also makes it clear: "Lindsey doesn't just do it!"

Criticism from Dorfmeister and co.
In contrast to Hirscher, some former stars are critical of Vonn's comeback. Franz Klammer, for example, spoke of the US-American taking a "direct shot", while her former rival Michaela Dorfmeister recently told the "NÖN" newspaper: "She should see a psychologist. Her desire for recognition is probably huge."

Former Swiss ski racer Sonja Nef told Blick: "No surgeon in the world would say that what Lindsey is doing is intelligent."