Lindsey Vonn crashes throughout Winter Olympics medal occasion

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Lindsey Vonn was the thirteenth skier to hit the slopes within the alpine ski girls’s downhill on the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday and her goals of powering by means of a devastating knee damage to make the medal podium got here to a crashing halt.

Vonn was getting into the primary sector when she fell hard onto the slopes . The gang gasped as they got here to phrases with the wipeout. She writhed in ache as medical professionals got here to examine on her. A helicopter got here to get Vonn off the mountain.

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United States' Lindsey Vonn concentrates forward of an alpine ski, girls's downhill official coaching, on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photograph/Marco Trovati)

The Olympic legend was making an attempt to medal within the occasion regardless of a devastating knee damage she suffered whereas on the World Cup. She made clear in subsequent social media posts that her ACL was "100% gone."

An ACL tear usually entails a restoration that lasts a few 12 months, however Vonn deliberate to combat by means of it.

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United States' Lindsey Vonn crashes throughout an alpine ski girls's downhill race, on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photograph/Jacquelyn Martin)

Spectators react after United States' Lindsey Vonn crashed throughout an alpine ski girls's downhill race, on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photograph/Robert F. Bukaty)

Spectators shocked after United States' Lindsey Vonn crashed throughout an alpine ski girls's downhill race, on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photograph/Robert F. Bukaty)

United States followers react following United States' Lindsey Vonn's crashed throughout an alpine ski girls's downhill race, on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photograph/Misper Apawu)

She made a surprising comeback to the game final 12 months after practically six years away from competitors. Her return adopted a partial titanium substitute inserted into her proper knee, which she had in 2024.

The Group USA legend is the second-most profitable lady in World Cup history with 84 wins. She has received eight World Championship medals.

Vonn received a gold medal within the downhill and a bronze medal within the super-G on the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Video games and a bronze medal within the downhill on the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Video games. She is going to look so as to add to her assortment in Italy .

United States' Lindsey Vonn is helicoptered off after crashing, throughout an alpine ski girls's downhill race, on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photograph/Robert F. Bukaty)