Lindsey Vonn has crashed through the alpine ski ladies’s downhill race on the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The 41-year-old Olympian had simply gotten began within the race happening in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Saturday (February 8) when she misplaced her steadiness.
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She crashed 13 seconds into her run after clearing only a few of the 36 gates of the two,572-meter course, experiences AP Information. Lindsey appeared to clip her proper arm on a gate. Right here’s the clip.
Because the race was paused, a helicopter flew in with medics to help the personnel on-hand. Announcers on the venue shared considerations for her well being.
Lindsey was the thirteenth to go and the primary to not end the race.
Simply days earlier than the Olympics, she tore the ACL in her knee through the downhill race on the World Cup and selected to nonetheless compete.
The day earlier than the crash, Lindsey took to X to clap again at a physician doubting her damage on-line.
“lol thanks doc. My ACL was absolutely functioning till final Friday,” she wrote. “Simply because it appears unimaginable to you doesn’t imply it’s not attainable. And sure, my ACL is 100% ruptured. Not 80% or 50%. It’s 100% gone,” she wrote in response.
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