Lindsey Vonn is feeling sick with “a cold or the flu” on the eve of her first event at the world championships in her return to ski racing at the age of 40. The American, a two-time world champion and the holder of eight total medals at the biggest event in skiing outside the Olympics,

U.S. great Lindsey Vonn said she was suffering a "bad cold or flu" but would not let sickness derail her Alpine ski world championship comeback at the age of 40 in Thursday's Super-G.

Lindsey Vonn is feeling sick with "a cold or the flu" on the eve of her first event at the world championships as part of her return to ski racing at the age of 40.