US EditionLindsey Vonn’s 2026 Olympics Journey, Despite Her Crash, Is Anything but a Failure
Lindsey Vonn, age 41, is competing with a ruptured ACL and large knee brace at the Milan Cortina Games after two successful training runs, Team USA leads the event.
- On Feb. 8, Lindsey Vonn will race the downhill at the Milan Cortina Games despite a ruptured ACL, skiing with a large knee brace and vowing to continue despite a season-ender injury.
- Vonn reversed her 2019 retirement and rejoined the U.S. ski team in 2024; the Milan Cortina Games mark her fifth Olympics, which she said feels different at age 41.
- Training times show Lindsey Vonn posted competitive runs despite recent setbacks: she crossed third in Saturday training, 0.37 seconds behind Breezy Johnson, and trailed Jacqueline Wiles by 1.39 seconds on Friday.
- The United States led the team event after two days, with Chock and Bates opening with a world-leading 91.06 and winning both programs Saturday.
- Vonn's record 12 World Cup wins in Cortina underline her legacy as the competition wraps up Sunday and the women's downhill starts at 5:30 a.m. ET.
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Lindsey Vonn injured, in stable condition after crash in Olympic women’s downhill
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy – Lindsey Vonn said she would make it to the Olympic downhill starting gate despite rupturing the most important ligament in her knee nine days ago, and she did.
Lindsey Vonn’s 2026 Olympics journey, despite her crash, is anything but a failure
At 12:09 p.m. on a spectacularly beautiful day amid the breathtaking Dolomites, a yellow helicopter cut through the sky, its yellow-painted body in bold contrast with the perfectly blue sky.
The American competed in today's downhill event, even though she had already torn the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee nine days ago.
Lindsey Vonn explained controversial decision to compete at Winter Olympics just hours before nightmare crash
Hours before her fateful final Olympic appearance, Lindsey Vonn took to Instagram to explain why she would race despite carrying a severe knee injury.The 41-year-old American, racing with a ruptured ACL sustained during a downhill event in Switzerland on 30 January, lost control at the upper portion of the course.Travelling at approximately 60mph, she missed her turn and struck the fourth gate, causing her to lose balance.Her compromised knee ma…
Lindsey Vonn update: U.S. Ski team releases message on her injury, condition after harrowing crash
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team issued an update Sunday morning on Lindsey Vonn, who hours earlier had been in a frightening crash that saw her airlifted off the mountain in the women’s downhill event. While few details have been released on her injury, the team said she was in “stable condition.” “Lindsey Vonn sustained an injury, but is in stable condition and in good hands with a team of American and Italian physicians,” their statement read.…
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