Alpine skiing - Shiffrin set to shine as Vonn and Svindal bow out

FILE PHOTO: Alpine Skiing - Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Slalom - Maribor, Slovenia - February 2, 2019 Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. in action REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo

(Reuters) - U.S. ski great Lindsey Vonn will try to throw her hurting body down a slope one last time before heading into retirement while Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal is also ready to bow out at the Alpine world championships starting in Sweden on Tuesday.

The farewells from two giants of the sport, their long careers garlanded with success and scarred by injuries, are high on a list of compelling storylines playing out over the next two-weeks in Are.