Lindsey Vonn crashes in Winter Olympics alpine ski women's downhill event

Lindsey Vonn was the 13th skier to deed the slopes successful the alpine skis women’s downhill astatine the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics connected Sunday and her dreams of powering done a devastating genu wounded to marque the medal podium came to a crashing halt.

Vonn was entering the archetypal assemblage erstwhile she fell hard onto the slopes. The assemblage gasped arsenic they came to presumption with the wipeout. She writhed successful symptom arsenic aesculapian professionals came to cheque connected her. A chopper came to get Vonn disconnected the mountain.

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United States' Lindsey Vonn concentrates up of an alpine ski, women's downhill authoritative training, astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026.  (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

The Olympic fable was attempting to medal successful the lawsuit contempt a devastating genu wounded she suffered portion astatine the World Cup. She made wide successful consequent societal media posts that her ACL was "100% gone."

An ACL teardrop usually involves a betterment that lasts astir a year, but Vonn planned to combat done it.

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United States' Lindsey Vonn crashes during an alpine skis women's downhill race, astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Spectators respond aft United States' Lindsey Vonn crashed during an alpine skis women's downhill race, astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Spectators stunned aft United States' Lindsey Vonn crashed during an alpine skis women's downhill race, astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

United States fans respond pursuing United States' Lindsey Vonn's crashed during an alpine skis women's downhill race, astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026.  (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

She made a stunning comeback to the athletics past twelvemonth aft astir six years distant from competition. Her instrumentality followed a partial titanium replacement inserted into her close knee, which she had successful 2024.

The Team USA fable is the second-most palmy pistillate successful World Cup past with 84 wins. She has won 8 World Championship medals.

Vonn won a golden medal successful the downhill and a bronze medal successful the super-G astatine the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and a bronze medal successful the downhill astatine the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games. She volition look to adhd to her postulation successful Italy.

United States' Lindsey Vonn is helicoptered disconnected aft crashing, during an alpine skis women's downhill race, astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026.  (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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She was acceptable to vie successful the women’s super-G arsenic well, but the clang whitethorn precise good support her retired of that event.

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