Lindsey Vonn knows it was just some youthful exuberance when teenager Mikaela Shiffrin playfully announced she was dreaming of winning five gold medals at the next Winter Olympics.

Vonn certainly appreciates such a lofty goal by Shiffrin, who captured the slalom title at the Sochi Games last month.

A light-hearted warning, though.

“I’m going to compete in the 2018 Olympics,” Vonn said with a laugh. “So she’s going to have tough competition in the speed events.”

With four years down the road in mind, Vonn is taking it slow with her surgically repaired right knee. She said she doesn’t anticipate a return to racing until early December.

The four-time overall World Cup champion had her ACL fixed for a second time in January, sidelining her for Sochi. As it turned out, there was “quite a bit of meniscus damage” in the knee and that’s caused her to push back her time frame.

Vonn hopes to train on snow by October and be racing in Lake Louise, Alberta, two months later, on a hill where she’s always done well.

Source: gosanangelo.com