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Four-Time Olympian Lindsey Vonn Joins NBC Olympics Team As Correspondent

Jan 19, 2022, 2:40 PM

Lindsey Vonn of the United States looks dejected during the Ladies' Alpine Combined on day thirteen of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Yongpyong Alpine Centre on February 22, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

(Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

BY TREVOR ALLEN
KSL Sports

SALT LAKE CITY – Four-time Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn will join the NBC Olympics team as a correspondent for the upcoming Winter Games in Beijing.

NBC Olympics announced the move on Wednesday afternoon. The star skier will be a correspondent in the primetime slot for NBC.

A four-time Olympian on the slopes gets ready for her first #WinterOlympics in the booth.

Welcome to the NBC Olympics team, @LindseyVonn! pic.twitter.com/4AZyvDbK0h

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) January 19, 2022

In four Olympic Games, Vonn medaled three times in two games. She became the first American woman to win gold in downhill when she was competing in the 2010 Vancouver Games, while earning bronze in the Super-G.

Her last medal was a bronze in the downhill at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. She has a decorated resume in the World Championships with two gold, three silver and three bronze in six years.

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