"I'm a girl from Minnesota who loves to ski. I realize people might not believe that. Maybe their perception will change after this. I'm not sure. But it really is that simple."

United States’ Lindsey Vonn, right, talks to United States’ Lauren Macuga, center, and United States’ Jacqueline Wiles, right, at the finish area of a downhill run of a women’s team combined event, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

Lindsey Vonn acknowledged that "I didn't help myself" by firing back on social media after learning that she wasn't paired with Mikaela Shiffrin for Tuesday's team combined race at the skiing world championships.

Lindsey Vonn did not finish her Thursday Super-G run at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Austria after getting her arm hooked on a gate. It was Vonn's first world championship run since 2019. Vonn was in the midst of her run when she cut a turn too tightly and caught her right arm on a gate.