A winner of four World Cup Overall Championships in alpine skiing, Lindsey Vonn is a highly decorated name in the ski racing industry. Her recent co-partnership with the National Women’s Soccer League team, Utah Royals FC, has been gathering headlines. “I am of course a Utah Royals fan, but I wanted to make an announcement. I am not just a fan, I am also a part owner.”, the Olympian superstar announced on Utah Royals FC’s official page on X a few days back.
She elaborated on her long-lasting association with Utah and her recent collaboration with the Utah club owners Ryan Smith and David Blitzer. Grateful for allowing her to ignite the American women’s professional soccer club, she recently announced her bestowal to the community supporting women in sports.
Lindsey Vonn once again stands up for women in sports
“Women in sports is a movement, not a moment!!“, announced the former World Cup Alpine Ski Racer, Lindsey Vonn, on her co-partnership with the Utah Royals FC this season. He wrote on her official page on Instagram about her biggest goal concerning sports, which she says is empowering women. “The path we are paving together will hopefully make the road easier for the ones who come after us.“, she claimed.
Proud of her team, the Utah Royals FC, she was inspired to see the young players’ sheer determination and teamwork in the opening ceremony, corresponding to the lit atmosphere of the stadium. So, besides that, she, as the founder of the Lindsey Vonn Foundation, was thankful for having a few scholarship recipients on the field during the soccer half-time. She also declared that her foundation would be ‘donating 25 tickets every home game to underserved girls in the community.’ Ready to empower women in sports, this is not the first endeavor of Lindsey Vonn in the women’s sporting realm.
On a long-standing mission for women
The 2x Olympic medalist since her retirement has shown keen interest in supporting women in sports. In 2022, Lindsey Vonn became a co-owner of the NWSL team Angel City FC. Last year, partnered with Kevin Durant and other prominent figures in the launch of the LOVB, USA’s inaugural professional volleyball league.
Explaining her passion for supporting women in sports, Lindsey Vonn had said to Olympics.com on that occasion, “Since ski racing, I’ve really tried to find areas in which I could support women that are underrepresented…I feel lucky that I’m able to, again, invest in them. It’s not a monetary endeavor for me. It’s more of my belief in them and what they can achieve.” The same emotion came out when she spoke of her new venture.
Celebrating her latest venture, and adding more to her investment portfolio, the star skier aims to take forward equity in women’s sports. She recently said, “…girls are still falling out so we need more and more of them to stay in to play.” She further added, considering her long-term plans, “I’m looking 10 years down the road. So I’m not cashing out of anything.” Observing the decline of women in sports as per the statistics, we need more enthusiastic investors, such as Lindsey Vonn, to indulge in, to make it reach a pinnacle in the coming future.