Vonn has won 59 World Cup races, leaving her only three shy of Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell's record of 62.
The 29-year-old American had been aiming to return to World Cup competition next week in Beaver Creek, Colo.
The Sochi Games are in February.
Vonn recently said her super-G is "some of the best super-G I've ever skied, but my downhill still needs a little more time."
She's been taking practice runs in Copper Mountain and posted on her Twitter account Monday: "Catching some air today in Downhill training."
She also recently said that she's reluctantly been wearing a protective knee brace under doctor's orders.
"It's in my best interest to play it safe," Vonn said. "I compromised and said that as long as I don't have to wear (the brace) for the Olympics, I'll be fine."
Comebacks are really nothing new for Vonn, who has been plagued by injuries throughout her career at major championships from a thumb she sliced on a champagne bottle at the 2009 world championships in Val d'Isere, France, to a bruised shin that she treated with the unorthodox remedy of Austrian cheese at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and to her wipeout last season.
Vonn also had a horrific crash in downhill training at the 2006 Turin Olympics, only to recover in time to compete.
She has always attacked rehab with the same intensity as if it were a downhill course.
"I've been injured a lot," Vonn said in an interview with The Associated Press at a promotional appearance last week. "I have a short memory when it comes to my crashes. I'm able to put it out of my head and focus on tomorrow. You have to be able to do that. Otherwise, you're going to be living in fear of what you did in the past."
Not once after a fall has she visited with a sports psychologist to deal with the mental trauma of a crash, insisting, "I'm stubborn. I'm definitely stubborn. If someone tells me I can't, I'm definitely going to do it."
Before her recent fall, Vonn said she was looking forward to seeing what was possible in Sochi on her repaired knee. She said the true stress came at the 2010 Vancouver Games, where she captured her first Olympic gold medal.
"The pressure was almost unbearable," said Vonn, who also earned a bronze medal in the super-G in 2010. "I felt like if I didn't win there, people were going to say I'm not a big-event skier, even though I won four world championship medals. I knew that, knew the weight of it.
"I knew for my career, even though I had so many World Cup wins, that was a very pivotal point in my career. I'm very happy that I got that monkey off my back."
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AP Sports Writer Pat Graham in Denver contributed to this report.