Lindsey Vonn competing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Copyright : 2010 / GETTY - All rights reserved.

Lindsey Vonn competing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. Copyright : 2010 / GETTY - All rights reserved.

LILLEHAMMER - NORWAY - 15th Feb 2016: Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn during a chat with champions event at Hakkon Hall in Lillehammer, Norway.

IOC president Thomas Bach and American Skier Lindsey Vonn hold Vonn’s puppy "Lucy" before they went on to watch the Ice Hockey Skills Challenge in Lillehammer, Norway.

LILLEHAMMER - NORWAY - 15th Feb 2016: Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn visits Team USA athletes in the Olympic Village in Lillehammer, Norway.

LILLEHAMMER - NORWAY - 15th Feb 2016: Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn with double Alpine Gold Medalist River Radamus of the USA as she visits the Olympic Village in Lillehammer, Norway.

Lindsey Vonn tests out some of the activities on offer for the athletes, students and spectators visiting the Games."

Along with IOC President Bach, and of course her dog Lucy, Lindsey Vonn took a trip backstage for a few words of motivation to the athletes participating in the ice hockey skills challenge competition – an innovation in the sport designed for the Youth Olympics.

LILLEHAMMER - NORWAY - 15th Feb 2016: Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn visits Team Norway athletes in the Olympic Village in Lillehammer, Norway.

Lindsey Vonn competing Alpine Skiing Downhill Women at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. © 2010/GETTY - All rights reserved.