( CNN ) -- Ski queen Lindsey Vonn has put her return to racing on ice -- for now . The new World Cup ski season begins in the Austrian resort of Soelden this weekend but the Olympic downhill champion will not take part as she continues her comeback from a serious knee injury . Vonn was airlifted to hospital February after she landed heavily on her right knee on the opening day of the Alpine Ski World Championships in Austria . Less than seven months after her horror crash , the 29-year-old American returned to the slopes in Chile to test out her reconstructed knee . But Vonn , who is dating golfer Tiger Woods , says she is not yet ready to return to competitive action on the snow . `` My training camp in Soelden went very well and I made great progress , but I feel that I need more training before I start racing again , '' Vonn explained on her personal website . `` The Soelden race is not in the cards this year . Patience is not my strong suit so not racing is very hard for me but it will only make me more excited for the next one . '' Vonn was crowned America 's snow queen when she became the first American woman to win the Olympic downhill title at the Vancouver Games in 2010 . She followed up her Vancouver victory with a stellar World Cup season in 2011-2012 , winning 12 races and the overall title with a new record points haul . A combination of illness and injury disrupted Vonn 's dominance on the slopes last season but she is confident she remains on course to defend her Olympic crown . She plans to return at the World Cup event in Beaver Creek , Colorado on November 29 . `` I will go home to Vail and continue my preparation for the Beaver Creek races and my ultimate goal in February ! '' she said . There is an old face returning to the opening round of the new World Cup season in Soelden , however , as American Olympic super combined champion Bode Miller is back from his ski sabbatical . It will be the 36-year-old 's first World Cup start since February of 2012 . Ted Ligety , Julia Mancuso and slalom world champion Mikeala Shiffrin are all included in the nine-strong U.S. team in Soelden .
Lindsey Vonn will not compete in the opening World Cup season event in Munich , Germany . The American Olympic skier is recovering from a serious back injury . ` ` Not racing is very hard for me , '' says Vonn . Olympic super combined champion Bode Miller returns to World Cup racing .