Source: Scott Russell, CBC Sports, February 8, 2019
Olympic alpine champions will retire after worlds, but their legacy will loom large
When it comes to ski racing, it’s the end of an era.
This weekend, Lindsey Vonn and Aksel Lund Svindal will burst out of the start gate and barrel down the mountain for the final time at the world championships in Are, Sweden.
One is a star-spangled, American, superstar. The other has embraced the persona of an attacking Viking.
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