Story byLindsey Vonn awaits the start of the super-G in St Moritz (Fabrice COFFRINI)AFPFri, December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM UTC·3 min readLyndsey Vonn's triumphal comeback tour of old haunts reaches France this weekend and she wants to go home with a cow. Eight years after she last raced at Val d'Isere, skiing's speed queen will try to add to her seven victories at the resort between a downhill in December 2005 and a super-G on her last visit in December 2017. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAt Val d'Isere the downhill carries an unusual bonus."I'm so happy to be back here," Vonn said on Friday. "I actually saw the woman that gave me the cow, my first cow in 2005.""I saw her yesterday, which is great to see her and I have a lot of great memories here."When she won her first bovine prize, a fully grown cow, 20 years ago, the American raised eyebrows by declining the cash alternative.