Lindsey Vonn is recovering well from the injury that put her on the sidelines since the start of the year, while her boyfriend, Tiger Woods, is tipped to win tournaments next year if he can stay healthy.

Vonn, a former Olympic skiing champion, sustained a torn ACL in her right knee during the 2013 World Championship, which forced her to miss the entire season.

The 30-year-old returned to the Alps late last year in the hopes of defending her title at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, but she blew out her surgically repaired knee and underwent a second major knee surgery to repair a torn ACL and meniscus damage.

And in the hope of returning to top-level competition in the World Cup, Vonn has already started training. She said that everything is going smoothly, pointing out that she did not experience any setback over the past three weeks.

"Everything is going really well," Vonn said via Denver Post. "The knee feels really good. With the meniscus stuff, I expected something to go wrong or there would be a setback of some sort, but there wasn't anything. It was great the whole time. I didn't have any pain, didn't have any swelling. It was quite a bit better than I expected."

Vonn said, though, that she is still taking a cautious approach in her recovery to avoid sustaining another injury. She said that her training progression is different from her competitors, which might force her to stay out of competition until the super-G races on Dec. 5-7 in Alberta.

"I definitely have a different progression. Everyone is already in race mode, they've been skiing in the summer and they're at a different stage in their prep period. I hope and anticipate being able to train with the rest of the team," Vonn added.

Meanwhile, Woods, who has been bothered by back issues all year long, is reportedly hitting golf balls on the range again without strict restrictions, which means that he is on pace to return to play in the Hero World Challenge on Dec. 4-7 in Isleworth, Orlando.

Former European Ryder Cup team captain Stephen Gallacher said in a recent interview that other players should not count Woods out yet because the former world No. 1 is still capable of winning major titles if he can stay healthy.

"Once he gets his full health back, I don't see why Tiger can't start challenging and I think we'll know where he is in terms of his health at the Masters next year, because I think if he is going to win another major -- and I think he probably will - it will be the Masters," Gallacher said of Woods.

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