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US speed queen Lindsey Vonn insisted her dream of competing at next week's Winter Olympics was "not over" despite a crash during the Crans-Montana downhill on Friday.

With the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics opening on February 6, AFP looks back at some of the golden stars of the ski slopes.

US ski star Lindsey Vonn has defied age and injury to make one of the most remarkable comebacks in Olympic history, the latest chapter in a storied career of memorable highs and crushing setbacks.

Mikaela Shiffrin was in a league of her own in the last women's World Cup slalom before the Winter Olympics on Sunday to lock out a record ninth title in the discipline.

Olympic champion Sara Hector warmed up for her women's giant slalom title defence at next month's Winter Olympics by winning the World Cup race on Saturday as US star Mikaela Shiffrin finished third.

Italy's Giovanni Franzoni set himself up perfectly for next month's Winter Olympics on home snow by winning Saturday's World Cup downhill in Kitzbuehel, considered the Holy Grail of alpine skiing.

Record-breaking downhill skier Lindsey Vonn said the choice of Cortina d'Ampezzo for the women's races at the 2025 Milan Winter Olympic was he…