Shaken by Social Media Snapback, Lindsey Vonn Pulls Reward for Federer off of X

“I lastly received to ski with my pal Roger… sure, @rogerfederer!” Vonn wrote in a submit. “Need to take a while to essentially mirror on what this implies to me… I’ve admired Roger as an athlete, philanthropist and unimaginable champion for thus a few years.”

Later down the web page Vonn mentioned: “You and your loved ones are actually one among a sort and it doesn’t matter what the statistics say (or Leo lol) you’re my without end 🐐, as a result of it’s not concerning the stats however the influence you’ve gotten made on me, and I’m simply one among hundreds of thousands. Cheers my pal 🙏🏻🫶🏻”

Some – like Vonn – consider that the best of all-time debate is up for free interpretation, however many on Twitter took offense and referred to as Vonn out for turning a nice submit right into a marketing campaign for Federer as GOAT. The snapback bothered right here, as she later pulled the submit off of X (the submit continues to be up on Instagram), the web site previously referred to as Twitter, and replied to tennis journalist Jose Morgado, with the next phrases about her reasoning:

“GOAT or best of all time is a subjective title,” she wrote. “What makes somebody nice? Is it statistics? Is it data? Is it influence? Is it character? Is it all the above? Individuals have variations of opinion and that’s OK. My goat won’t be your goat and there’ll at all times be a debate however opinions are simply that, opinions, and everyone seems to be entitled to them.”