SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) 鈥 Lindsey Vonn 鈥檚 skiing comeback at the age of 40 means she can鈥檛 go to the Super Bowl, an event on her schedule when she was retired for the last five years.
is rooting for the Eagles on Sunday because he had on his fantasy team.
Donwhill contender Breezy Johnson is just 鈥渉oping that brings on stage at the halftime show.鈥
While the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots tend to be the most popular NFL teams among U.S. Ski Team racers, that doesn鈥檛 mean the American athletes competing at the Alpine world championships in Austria are not paying attention to the big game back home featuring the Kansas City Chiefs against the Philadelphia Eagles.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a bummer I can鈥檛 be there,鈥 Vonn said after on Thursday. 鈥淚 kind of got used to going to Super Bowls.鈥
Cochran-Siegle, who took silver in super-G at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, has been the fastest skier in both downhill training sessions. He鈥檚 a member of the 鈥淪kiing Cochrans鈥 family that has been producing U.S. skiers for generations. The family is based in Vermont 鈥 Patriots country.
鈥淎s a Pats fan, I think taking the lesser of two evils I would cheer on the Eagles,鈥 Cochran-Siegle said. 鈥淥bviously a lot of respect to Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, but I had Jalen Hurts on my fantasy team, so I got to root for him.鈥
The Super Bowl starts after midnight in the Alps.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 know if I鈥檒l actually stay up to watch,鈥 Cochran-Siegle said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 pretty late for us. But probably watch the highlights.鈥
Lauren Macuga, the Utah native who took on Thursday, is a Broncos fan.
鈥淟uckily we made it to the playoffs. But I think this year I鈥檓 rooting for the Eagles,鈥 Macuga said. 鈥淚 mean it鈥檚 cool for the Chiefs to win again but someone鈥檚 got to take them down, switch it up a little bit.
鈥淚鈥檓 a Taylor Swift fan, but I was never a Chiefs fan,鈥 Macuga added.
Johnson, who has placed second in both downhill training sessions, is from Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
鈥淢y dad鈥檚 from New England, so we鈥檙e New England people,鈥 Johnson said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been fun seeing everybody saying that the New England Patriots dynasty wasn鈥檛 as annoying as they all said at the time.鈥
So who is Johnson supporting?
鈥淧hilly is like very aggressive sports fandom. Obviously, the Chiefs are going for three. It鈥檚 definitely a wild time to be a football fan,鈥 she said. 鈥淚鈥檓 mostly just really hoping that Kendrick Lamar brings Taylor Swift on stage at the halftime show. Not to be that girl, but I am that girl.鈥
And how about , the 6-foot-7 downhiller from Lake Tahoe, California?
鈥淚 don鈥檛 even know who鈥檚 playing in the Super Bowl,鈥 Bennett said. 鈥淚鈥檓 so not a football guy. I鈥檓 a supercross and motocross guy.鈥
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