Lindsey Vonn’s skiing comeback at the age of 40 means she can’t go to the Super Bowl, an event on her schedule when she was retired for the last five years.

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.

U.S. great Lindsey Vonn said she was suffering a "bad cold or flu" but would not let sickness derail her Alpine ski world championship comeback at the age of 40 in Thursday's Super-G. The oldest female skier to medal at a championships,