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• Lindsey Vonn attended the 2025 ESPY Awards in a daring dress that exposed her G-string

• While walking the red carpet, she nearly had a malfunction that threatened to fully expose her underwear

• Her sister, Karin Kildrow, came to the rescue and prevented the wardrobe malfunction from happening

Lindsey Vonn might be sports royalty, but she needed some assistance to keep a wardrobe malfunction from derailing her night out.

The Olympic medal-winning ski racer attended the 2025 ESPY Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 16, and went daring with her choice of red carpet attire.

The athlete, 40, walked the red carpet for the event in a strapless eggplant-colored Elisabetta Franchi gown from the designer’s fall/winter 2025 collection. The dress had a daring hip-bone-grazing slit that allowed Vonn to show off her toned legs, as well as her black G-string.

The daring fashion moment nearly turned dangerous, as her dress lifted up with a gust of wind and showed more of her G-string than expected. Her sister, Karin Kildow, rushed in to save her and stepped in front of her dress so that it wouldn’t expose her.

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Vonn’s G-string wasn’t her only accessory at the ESPYs. She completed her red carpet look with statement drop earrings, a black clutch and black platform heels. For her glam, she wore her hair side-parted with wet waves and went sultry with smokey eye makeup.

During the ceremony, Vonn swapped the dress for another sexy look — a sparkling silver fringe dress that featured a plunging V-neck that dipped low enough to show off her cleavage and a completely sheer skirt. The beads on the dress glittered with each movement she made on the stage.

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The athlete was nominated for Best Comeback Performance for returning to competitive skiing in November; she retired at the end of the 2018-2019 season. In March, she became the oldest woman to win at the Ski World Cup finals after earning second place Super-G race in Idaho on March 23.

Vonn’s sports aspirations will continue next year, as she plans to return to the Olympics stage at the 2025 Winter Games in Milan, Italy.

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