US EditionLindsey Vonn Doing 'Jumps' in Rehab, Coach Tells AP 'No Doubt' She'll Race in Olympics with Torn ACL
Lindsey Vonn aims to race at age 41 using a specialized knee brace despite a fully ruptured ACL and additional knee damage, with medical advice highlighting high risks.
- On Feb. 3, Lindsey Vonn wrote she has determined she can compete in the Olympic women's downhill on Feb. 8 despite a serious left-knee injury at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
- After nearly six years away, Lindsey Vonn sought a return from retirement largely to race in Cortina d'Ampezzo and try to win an Olympic medal next weekend at age 41.
- Doctors found a complete ACL rupture, bone bruising, and possible meniscal tears after the Jan. 30 crash in Switzerland, and she was airlifted to hospital; she plans to compete with a specialized knee brace, though experts warn it cannot fully replace ligament function.
- Medical experts say reconstructive surgery and physical therapy are usually needed, and competing without surgery raises risk to cartilage and meniscus, increasing future arthritis chances.
- Given her prior struggles, 2019 retirement, and partial joint replacement, reaching the start gate and podium would be the most remarkable comeback of her career, she said.
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What is still possible for Lindsey Vonn after her severe injury at Olympia? On Thursday, the first training for the women's Olympic descent takes place in Cortina, which could bring a first answer to this question. Julia Mancuso, long-time ski queen guide, is anxious with her, and is sure: "It's possible!" "In the past, there have been some athletes who competed at the Olympic Games with a torn front crucifixion. Usually this happens at the begi…
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Lindsey Vonn doing 'jumps' in rehab, coach tells AP 'no doubt' she'll race in Olympics with torn ACL
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Lindsey Vonn wants to grab gold nine days after her cruciate ligament break in the Olympic descent. A sports doctor explains how a start with the injury is possible at all. All this can be done well, but the ski queen takes a big risk.
Can You Ski With a Torn ACL?
Skier Lindsey Vonn said she plans to still compete at the upcoming Milano Cortina Winter Olympics despite sustaining a serious knee injury about a week before her first race. Vonn, 41, wrote in a Feb. 3 social media post that she “completely” ruptured the ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament, in her left knee after crashing during a World Cup downhill event on Jan. 30. She said she also suffered a bone bruise and tears of the meniscus, a piece of…
Severely injured in the knee last weekend, the American champion announces that she should be on track on Sunday for the Olympic downhill. She also hopes to line up with the team combined and the super-G.
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