Lindsey Vonn completed pre-race inspection and was planning on competing in the super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday despite feeling sick with “a cold or the flu.” It's the first race of these worlds for the 40-year-old Vonn,

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.

Lindsey Vonn hooked a gate with her right arm early in her run and did not finish Thursday's super-G in her first appearance at the Alpine skiing world championships in six years. The gate pressed on her forearm,