Lindsey Vonn nominated to US ski team for next season as she faces long recovery from Olympic crash

It's easy to read something into this:Lindsey Vonnwas among the 48 athletes nominated Wednesday to the U.S. Alpine ski team for the upcoming season.

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For the moment, that's just a formality based on results.The 41-year-old Vonnis still at least a year and a half — along with an ACL surgery — away from even thinking about returning to the World Cup circuit.

She may also retire. She's still sorting all of that out.

Vonn has already undergone eight surgeries since her crash in the women's downhill race on Feb. 8 at the Milan Cortina Games. She suffered a complex tibia fracture thatnearly led to amputating her left leg. Vonn was competing in the race on atorn left ACL, which she injured in a crash leading into the Winter Olympics.

The nomination process is the first phase of making the U.S. Ski & Snowboard team. Those ski racers who accept the nomination, and meet the requirements, will be officially announced to the team in October. The opening World Cup races take place with a giant slalom in Söelden, Austria, in late October.

Other athletes who were nominated include Mikaela Shiffrin, the reigning World Cup overall champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist, along with Olympic downhillchampion Breezy Johnson. On the men's side, Ryan Cochran-Siegle, who capturedhis second Olympic super-G silver medalin Italy, was selected.

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Paula Moltzan and Jacqueline Wiles also earned a nomination to the A-team after combining to take an Olympic bronze in the women's team combined.Johnson and Shiffrinfinished fourth in that event.Lauren Macuga is onthe nomination list, too. She missed the Milan Cortina Games after tearing her ACL.

Vonn, a three-time Olympic medalist, came out of retirement in November 2024 after nearly six years away. She was feeling healthy and strong again following a partial titanium implant in her right knee.

She found her speed, too, winning two World Cup races during the 2025-26 season and recording three other podium finishes in five races. She was leading the World Cup downhill standings before her crash at the Olympics. She wound up fifth.

Vonn, who's won 84 World Cup races, has maintained she's not ready to decide her future. Instead, she's focused on healing. Vonn recently attended theMet Gala,using only a cane.

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byLiam Oneel

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May 06, 2026

Lindsey Vonn nominated to US ski team for next season as she faces long recovery from Olympic crash

It's easy to read something into this:Lindsey Vonnwas among the 48 athletes nominated Wednesday to the U.S. Alpine ski team for the...

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Anne Hathaway Stuns in Hand-Painted Michael Kors Gown Paired with a Bulgari High Jewelry Necklace

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AsDevil Wears Prada 2makes waves in theaters—the film just hadthe biggest opening weekendfor a traditional comedy in over a decade—star Anne Hathaway is attending theMet Gala. For the“Fashion Is Art” dress code, Hathaway chose a Michael Kors gown and a Bulgari High Jewelry necklace; the Vimini necklace in yellow gold 18kt with pavé-set diamonds.

“After many, many Met Galas, this was, too me, I love this exhibit. I’ve always been very inspired by art, and I went to school with Peter McGough—we collaborated, he hand-painted Anne’s dress,” Kors revealed on the carpet. The Greek Goddess of Peace is painted on the back of her gown, as inspired by the poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”

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Hathaway has largely stuck to a color palette of black, white, and red, over the years at the Met Gala, so tonight’s outfit fits in perfectly.

Hathaway has starred in two films with Met Gala plots: The aforementionedDevil Wears Prada 2andOcean’s 8, where the film’s key heist took place at the event.

Still, she doesn’t consider herself a fashion person. “I view myself more as a guest,” sheexplained toV Magazine. “I think it’d be an insult to someone whose education revolved around it, whose life revolves around it, who has done a full fashion cycle in multiple cities as opposed to just, like, getting invited to a show and an after-party. I think there’s a degree of stamina and schlepping involved in being a proper fashion person. I’m very grateful to be a guest. I mean, I’ve studied it, but it’s informal. I’m aware of the history. I love fashion photography. And I’ve been welcomed for a long time and been shown great kindness and generosity by people whose lives it is. But I’m an actress first.”

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Victor Wembanyama sets NBA record with 11 blocks in Spurs' Game 1 matchup vs. Timberwolves

Victor Wembanyama made a historic defensive stand on Monday night to kick off the Western Conference semifinals.

Wembanyama set the NBA’s single-game postseason blocks record on Monday night in the Spurs’ Game 1 matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He had 10 blocks through three quarters at the Frost Bank Center, which is something that only three others had done in league history.

He then came up with an 11th block to break the record minutes into the fourth quarter, stuffing Anthony Edwards at the rim.

Andrew Bynum, with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2012, was the last player to record double-digit blocks in a playoff game. Hakeem Alajuwon and Mark Eaton are the other two.

Though now, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year stands alone atop that list. And it was only the sixth playoff game of his career.

Victor Wembanyama matches blocks record through 3 quarters

Edwards returned on Monday night after missing nine days due to a bone bruise in his left knee, which he first went down with during Game 4 of the Timberwolves’ series with the Denver Nuggets. Edwards played on a minutes restriction and came off the bench, but looked like his old self.

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After a quick foul right away, he immediately made an impact. Edwards helped spark a big 12-2 burst to keep the Timberwolves out in front just barely in the opening quarter, which included burying a huge 3-pointer and then immediately letting the Spurs bench know about it.

But the Spurs never went away, and the two teams went into halftime tied up looking very level. Wembanyama had seven blocks at the break, too. Two of those came on the Timberwolves’ first two offensive possessions of the game, and two more came when he blocked Julius Randle consecutively down low to force a shot clock violation midway through the second quarter.

Though Wembanyama shined defensively, he had just six points and went 0-of-5 from the 3-point line in the first 24 minutes.

Wembanyama opened the second half with a quick left-handed dunk right through Rudy Gobert, but both teams kept going back and forth the entire third quarter. The Spurs only took a three-point lead into the final period after a wild buzzer-beater floater from KeldonJohnson.

At that point, Wembanyama had matched the league’s single-game playoff block record. That was also the most in Spurs’ franchise history.

Then just minutes into the fourth quarter, Wembanyama blocked Edwards at the rim for his 11th block to set the record. That set up a layup from De’Aaron Fox on the other end, too, which put the Spurs up by three at the time.

This post will be updated with more information shortly.

byLiam Oneel

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May 05, 2026

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