Lindsey Vonn is feeling sick with “a cold or the flu” on the eve of her first event at the world championships in her return

Mikaela Shiffrin says she needs more time for training as she regains her form from a deep puncture wound and won't be entering the new team combined event at worlds, denying a potential superstar pairing with Lindsey Vonn.

The Alpine skiing world championships start on Tuesday with Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin among the most awaited skiers competing.

There will be no Dream Team of Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin at next week's team combined event at the alpine skiing skiing world championships because Shiffrin doesn't feel fit enough for it. Shiffrin,

Over the next two weeks, the World Alpine Skiing Championships will feature the two winningest women in World Cup history and a man who may be en route to joining the all-time greats, if he isn't already part of the club.

Lindsey Vonn's dream of competing in the team combined event with Mikaela Shiffrin at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach ran aground Tuesday when the latter ruled herself out of the event.Vonn, making her own return at the worlds from retirement,

American Mikaela Shiffrin said on Tuesday she will not compete in the team combined event at the world championships in Austria and will instead focus on the giant slalom and slalom races as she continues working her way back from injury.