Lindsey Vonnmay beretiring from her professional competitive skiing career, but the longtime Under Armour sponsored athlete won’t be ending her partnership with the iconic athletic brand anytime soon.
Vonn announced her newest endeavor with Under Armour on Instagram Tuesday morning. She’s set to become the first face and ambassador of Under Armour’sProject Rock brand, a collection designed for athletes to continue pushing themselves in the gym and at home, when they are or are not competing.
“Proud to welcome@LindseyVonnas our first ever#ProjectRockAmbassador,” he shared on Instagram. “A woman who I’ve known, admired and respected over the years. The hardest worker in the room. The best worker in the room.”
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“I am so excited to be on team Project Rock,” Vonn tells PEOPLE exclusively. “What I find so inspiring about Dwayne is that he always gives 110% in everything that he does. He basically stands for 100% authenticity and 100% effort.”
Vonn skied thefinal race of her professional Alpine skiing career— and made history while doing it — last month. She won the bronze in the women’s downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, making her the first female skier to win medals at six different world championships, according toESPN.
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“I’m literally tapped out, I can’t cry anymore,” Vonn said, according to theAssociated Press. “I want to cry but it’s dry… It’s not an easy thing to feel your bones hitting together and continue to push through it.”
The Olympian had initially planned to retire at theend of the 2018-2019 season, but her extensive knee injuries haveforced her to push up her timelineto after the World Championships in Sweden in February.
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“It’s been an emotional tow weeks making the hardest decision of my life, but I have accepted that I cannot continue ski racing,” Vonnwroteon Instagram, alongside a slideshow of images from throughout her career. “I will compete at the World Championships in Downhill and SG next week in Åre, Sweden and they will be the final races of my career.”
“I have always pushed the limits of ski racing and it has allowed me to have amazing success but also dramatic crashes. I have never wanted the storyline of my career to be about injuries and because of that I decided not to tell anyone that I underwent surgery this past spring,” she added, sharing the information for the first time. “A large portion of cartilage that had delaminated from my bone was removed.”
source: people.com
