Lindsey Vonn suffers humiliating wardrobe malfunction on ESPYs red carpet as ski legend accidentally bares all
Vonn arrived to the award show wearing a maroon, Grecian style strapless dress with a slit going up one leg.
But her outfit briefly failed to cooperate when an apparent gust of wind lifted her dress up and exposed her underwear.
Vonn looked understandably panicked as someone rushed over to try and help her cover up.
She was then seen laughing the incident off before entering the ESPYs at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Later in the night, Vonn actually changed her outfit as she appeared onstage at the award ceremony.
Lindsey Vonn suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the ESPYs red carpet on Wednesday
She slipped into a shimmery, silver beaded fringed dress, and could be seen posing with fellow Olympian Simone Biles at one point during the night.
Vonn, 40, captured a gold medal at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver for downhill skiing, and also added a bronze that year in Super-G.
She later added a bronze medal in downhill at the 2018 Olympics, and also has a total of eight world championship medals (two gold).
Following her retirement in 2019, Vonn made a sensational comeback to skiing at age 40 this season. She impressively notched a runner-up performance in the super-G at this year's World Cup.
Vonn became the oldest female Alpine ski racer to earn a World Cup podium spot by nearly six years.
It was her first World Cup podium finish since March 15, 2018, and she was overcome by emotions afterwards.
'I just knew that sometimes when you know the only option is to perform, it brings the best out of me,' said Vonn.
'I used every last ounce of energy that I had, and I tried to put everything together. It kind of felt, honestly, like the Olympics.'
Vonn plans to head back to Europe at some point for more equipment testing with the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics approaching.
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