US EditionLindsey Vonn Shares Her Journey Home After Olympics Crash
- On Feb. 15, 2026, Lindsey Vonn crashed at Milan‑Cortina with her boots locked to her skis, causing a complex tibia fracture and requiring helicopter evacuation from the Olympic downhill course.
- Binding designs haven't changed in decades, and elite ski technicians tighten bindings up to 200 kilograms to prevent skis popping off, while Vonn tore her ACL nine days earlier in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.
- Dainese and its D-Air Lab developed an air-bag algorithm over years and are sharing it with Look, Tyrolia, Salomon, Atomic, and Marker, but technicians warn adapting it for ski release is complex and potentially more dangerous.
- Officials say the smart‑binding plan remains at the drawing‑board stage, with FIS advisers estimating development and rollout could take two to six years and finances unresolved, as Dainese reports losses on air bags.
- Recent deadly and high-profile crashes have amplified calls for quicker safety fixes, with Rainer Salzgeber proposing give-way gate panels after a preseason crash.
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After brutal injury, Lindsey Vonn has new heartbreak: ‘Hardest days of my life’
Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn shared the heartbreaking news that her 13-year-old dog Leo died on Feb. 9, just one day after her devastating crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.
Lindsey Vonn reveals that her beloved dog, Leo, died the day after her downhill crash at Olympics
U.S. ski racing legend Lindsey Vonn's beloved dog Leo died a day after she crashed at the Milan-Cortina Olympics. Vonn was scheduled for more surgery on her leg Wednesday.
U.S. ski star Lindsey Vonn experiences the "hardest days of my life". At the bedside she says goodbye to her dog Leo. With touching words she remembers 13 years together.
The saying "the devil has young" is still very relevant when we talk about Lindsey Vonn in recent weeks. Despite a serious injury, the American decided to compete in the Olympic downhill, which ended at the very beginning. After a serious fall in which she suffered a fractured left leg, she was taken to the Treviso hospital, where she received new sad news the next day. Her dog Leo died at the age of 13.
The legendary skier is facing one of the most difficult periods in her career.
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