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Lindsey 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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Lindsey Vonn's skis didn't come off in her Olympic crash. A new binding system isn't close
Lindsey Vonn's Olympic crash has renewed pressure to rethink ski bindings, one of the oldest pieces of equipment in the sport.
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