Lindsey Vonn’s sensational return to the Alpine World Ski Championships ended in disappointment on Thursday after the 40-year-old crashed out of the super-G event.

A veteran ski journalist explains Lindsey Vonn’s return to downhill racing: why she retired, how her body changed, and what’s at stake when hurtling down a slope on an artificial knee

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — Lindsey Vonn races in the downhill at the Alpine skiing world ... Mikaela Shiffrin has also just returned from a severe puncture wound following a crash in late November and will compete in the giant slalom and slalom ...