Lindsey Vonn is officially retiring from skiing

Lindsey Vonn.
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Lindsey Vonn is hanging up her skis for good this time.

After a fourth Olympic Games and more than a decade on the U.S. ski team, Vonn called it quits last year amid ongoing knee injuries. She then reversed in November, saying she'd come back for at least one more race in the 2019 season. Now, with "my body ... screaming at me to STOP," Vonn wrote on Instagram on Friday that it was "time for me to listen." She'll race one last time next week, in the Super-G and downhill events at the Alpine Ski World Championships in Åre, Sweden.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.