Lindsey Vonn's dad reacts to Olympian's horrible crash

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Lindsey Vonn’s dad stated Monday he hopes the horrific crash that landed the Olympic legend within the hospital on the 2026 Milan Cortina Video games will mark "the top of her profession."

Alan Kildow instructed The Related Press he wasn’t certain whether or not he truly has any say within the matter. Vonn broke her leg through the remaining run of the alpine ski girls’s downhill occasion. She crashed within the first sector and wanted to be airlifted off the mountain.

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United States' Lindsey Vonn poses along with her profession medals along with her father Alan Kildow, within the end space after the ladies's downhill race, on the alpine ski World Championships in Are, Sweden, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. (AP Photograph/Marco Trovati, File)

"She’s 41 years outdated and that is the top of her profession," he instructed The Related Press. "There might be no extra ski races for Lindsey Vonn, so long as I've something to say about it."

Kildow didn’t reveal any particulars concerning the accidents however talked about her emotional state.

"She’s a really sturdy particular person," Kildow stated. "She is aware of bodily ache and he or she understands the circumstances that she finds herself in. And she or he’s capable of deal with it. Higher than I anticipated. She’s a really, very sturdy particular person. And so I believe she’s dealing with it actual nicely."

Vonn’s household was readily available to look at her attempt to pull off a miracle – win an Olympic medal in one of many quickest sports activities the Video games has to supply all whereas coping with a ruptured ACL .

United States' Lindsey Vonn's father Alan Kildow is interviewed forward of an alpine ski girls's downhill race, on the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photograph/Andrew Dampf)

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However the hopeful nature of the day shortly turned to somber emotions.

"First, the shock and the horror of the entire thing, seeing a crash like that," Kildow stated of what he felt watching the scene unfold. "It may be dramatic and traumatic. You’re simply horrified at what these sorts of impacts have.

"You may go right into a shock an emotional psychological shock," he added. "As a result of it’s tough to simply settle for what’s occurred. However she’s nicely cared for. … And the USOC and the U.S. Ski group have a really, very top-notch physician along with her and he or she is being very nicely cared for here in Italy ."

Kildow put the reason for the crash extra on Vonn making an attempt to push herself to the sting than the ACL.

Vonn is recovering in a hospital in Treviso. She holds the report of 12 World Cup victories in Cortina, Italy, and didn’t appear to be she missed a beat when she returned to the circuit final yr following a six-year absence.

United States' Lindsey Vonn is airlifted away after a crash 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)