Lindsey Vonn, set to seal her return from devastating knee injuries on Friday at Lake Louise, says boyfriend Tiger Woods was a huge inspiration as she battled to return to World Cup skiing.
"Tiger is pretty tough," the US speed queen said.
"He's an incredibly hard worker. He has been through a lot of injuries in his career, and he has always fought back. He's a huge inspiration for me."
Vonn, the 2010 Olympic downhill champion, is slated to race for the first time since December of 2013 when she competes in a downhill at Lake Louise in Canada on Friday.
She was eighth-fastest in Wednesday's second training session, 1.62 seconds behind Slovenia's Tina Maze, who topped the session with a time of 1min 50.72sec.
The 30-year-old American, who won four overall World Cup titles between 2008 and 2012, badly injured her right knee competing in a super-G at the 2013 World Championships.
After surgery and a lengthy layoff, Vonn returned to World Cup competition at Lake Louise in December of 2013, but by that time she had already re-injured her knee and opted for further surgery in January that kept her out of the Sochi Olympics.
"I had to build everything back up from nothing," Vonn said. "My leg had nothing left - just skin, no muscle."
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