{"id":225438,"date":"2026-05-09T02:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/225438\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T02:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:32:13","slug":"lindsey-vonn-and-french-skier-matthieu-bailet-spark-dating-rumors-on-nyc-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/225438\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Vonn and French skier Matthieu Bailet spark dating rumors on NYC outing"},"content":{"rendered":"

A match made on the slopes?<\/p>\n

Skiers Lindsey Vonn and Matthieu Bailet sparked dating rumors when they were spotted out and about Thursday in New York City\u2019s Soho neighborhood.<\/p>\n

The athletes enjoyed a cozy lunch before heading underground to catch a subway together, sitting close to each other while waiting for the train.<\/p>\n

Page Six reached out to Vonn\u2019s rep but didn\u2019t receive an immediate response.<\/p>\n

\"Lindsey<\/p>\n

Lindsey Vonn sparked dating rumors with Matthieu Bailet after they were seen out and about Thursday in New York City (seen above). BACKGRID<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The two Olympic alpine skiers (pictured above) enjoyed a lunch and were photographed in the subway station. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

\"Vonn,<\/p>\n

Vonn, 41, and Bailet, 30, sat close together as they waited for a train (seen above). BACKGRID<\/p>\n

Bailet, a 30-year-old French alpine ski racer who competed in the Olympics at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, wore a casual navy suit for the outing.<\/p>\n

Vonn, 41, opted for a white blouse, black leather jacket and a pair of light wash jeans as well as forearm crutches as she continues to recover from her devastating crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy<\/a> back in January.<\/p>\n

The rumored couple follow each other on Instagram and have \u201cliked\u201d numerous posts on each other\u2019s feed.<\/p>\n

Vonn\u2019s outing with Bailet comes days after she turned heads Monday at the Met Gala<\/a>, ditching her crutches for her first red carpet outing since she was airlifted to a hospital while competing.<\/p>\n

\"Bailet<\/p>\n

Bailet (pictured here in Italy in 2025) first competed in the Olympics at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"Vonn<\/p>\n

Vonn (pictured here at GQ\u2019s Met Gala afterparty Monday) won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. BFA.com \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n

This was the American athlete\u2019s third time attending fashion\u2019s biggest night \u2014 doing so first in 2010, the year she won her gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver<\/a>, and second in 2013 alongside her then-boyfriend Tiger Woods<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In March, Vonn graced the cover of Vanity Fair magazine<\/a>, baring her surgery bandages in a high-slit black dress.<\/p>\n

The athlete shattered her tibia, fibula and ankle in her crash. She underwent five surgeries and nearly lost her left leg to compartment syndrome, a condition where a dangerous amount of pressure builds in the leg and cuts off blood flow.<\/p>\n

\"Vonn<\/p>\n

Vonn recently attended the Met Gala (as seen above) this week, just over three months after her devastating crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. FilmMagic<\/p>\n

\"Vonn<\/p>\n

Vonn (seen here at a press conference in February) continues to recover after she shattered her tibia, fibula and ankle in her crash, undergoing five surgeries and nearly losing her left leg in the incident. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cI was number one in the world, and potentially on my way to an Olympic medal,\u201d she told the outlet of why she came out of a nearly six-year retirement to compete again this year. \u201cNow I\u2019m in a wheelchair.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere In the interview, she detailed the excruciating pain<\/a> she felt after the crash, saying, \u201cI screamed at the top of my lungs: \u2018Get me out.\u2019 It just wouldn\u2019t dissipate. It wouldn\u2019t let up. It\u2019s seared into my brain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want people to hang on this crash and be remembered for that,\u201d Vonn told the magazine. \u201cWhat I did before the Olympics has never been done before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A match made on the slopes? Skiers Lindsey Vonn and Matthieu Bailet sparked dating rumors when they were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[28817,85889,88616,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-225438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-2026-winter-olympics","tag-lindsey-vonn","tag-matthieu-bailet","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}