Vonn to start final full season in Cortina

January 17, 2019 at 12:00a.m.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy

Lindsey Vonn is finally ready to open her injury-delayed final full season on the skiing World Cup circuit — and she couldn’t be happier to do it in Cortina d’Ampezzo.

Vonn has won 12 of her 82 World Cup victories in Cortina.

The resort nicknamed the “queen” of the Dolomites Range is also where Vonn earned her first World Cup podium result back in 2004 and where she broke the all-time women’s wins record with victory No. 63 in 2015 — with a surprise visit from then-boyfriend Tiger Woods.

Vonn, who injured her left knee a week before her scheduled first race in Lake Louise, Alberta, in November, has had only eight days of skiing to prepare for this weekend’s races — downhills Friday and Saturday followed by a super-G on Sunday.