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CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

Extended Interview: Lindsey Vonn on her Return to Competitive Skiing

CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley

CBS News

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Cbs

4.6871 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Olympic downhill skier Lindsey Vonn discusses the reasons behind getting a knee replacement; what she discovered about herself upon retirement; the preparations necessary to re-enter competitive racing after several years away from the sport; the mental vs. physical aspects of downhill skiing; and her joy from her ski run after surgery: "I could do the thing that I loved the most in the world without pain." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:45.4

I'm Jane Pauli. You're listening to an extended interview from the latest edition of Sunday morning.

0:52.4

So let's start with the new new congrats. You finally got it. It sounds like it's doing so well that even surprises you a little bit, how well it's doing.

0:54.5

It definitely surprises me how well it's doing. I mean, you know, when you have had pain for such a

0:59.0

long period of time, you know, you, I think my expectations were low. I was hoping it would be

1:04.3

better, you know, than it was. And it just has so far exceeded my expectations. I don't think

1:09.8

about it. I don't feel it. It's like it's

1:12.8

brand new, which is incredible to me. You've been thinking about getting a new replacement for a while,

1:18.5

right? Or partial replacement? For a few years, yeah. And I just did a lot of research. That's what took

1:22.9

me so long to decide, is that there's so many different types of replacements,

1:27.8

partials, fulls, do you keep your ACL, do you take your ACL away?

1:32.0

You know, there's a lot of options, there's also a lot of doctors, there's also

1:35.9

lots of opinions.

1:37.1

Robotics involved, you know, there's a lot, there was a lot to decide on, but I

1:41.3

think I made the right choice.

1:42.3

So what made you pull the trigger in the end?

1:44.8

I just couldn't do the things I love to do anymore.

1:47.3

Yeah, it was really bad.

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