The Rock Announces Lindsey Vonn As First "Project Rock" Ambassador

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Lindsey Vonn joins Team Project Rock.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Under Armour have officially announced that professional skiing icon Lindsey Vonn will be the first team member to join Team Project Rock as a global ambassador.

"I am so excited to be on team Project Rock," said Vonn in an interview with PEOPLE. "What I find so inspiring about Dwayne is that he always gives 110% in everything that he does. He basically stands for 100% authenticity and 100% effort."

According to Under Armour, the next Project Rock collection releases globally on March 21 on UA.com, at UA Brand Houses and select retailers.

The Rock also took to Instagram on Tuesday morning to welcome Vonn onto Team Project Rock. Check out his comments in the video embedded below.

Vonn, 34, won the bronze in the women’s downhill at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships just last month, making her the first female skier to win medals at six different world championships, according to ESPN.

She had originally planned on retiring in December, but toughed it out for one final race.

"I'm literally tapped out, I can't cry anymore," Vonn said, per ESPN. "I want to cry but it's dry. ... It's not an easy thing to feel your bones hitting together and continue to push through it.

"Of course I'm sore. Even before the crash I was sore. So I'm just sore on top of sore. My neck is killing me," Vonn said. "But at the end of the day no one cares if my neck hurts; they only care if I win. ... I knew that I was capable of pushing through the pain one last time and I did that. ... Every athlete has their own obstacles and I faced mine head on today and I conquered them."


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