US EditionLindsey Vonn will compete in Winter Olympics despite ruptured ACL
- On Tuesday, Lindsey Vonn said she will try to compete at the Milan‑Cortina Olympics after her Jan. 30 crash in Crans‑Montana, despite her ACL injury.
- Ahead of the crash, Vonn had retired in 2019 and announced her return, leading the women's downhill standings before the Crans-Montana race.
- Medical tests showed a complete ACL rupture with bone bruising and meniscal damage, and after three days of physical therapy and consultations with doctors, Vonn skied again wearing a brace.
- She will prioritize the downhill and needs Thursday training to assess how she feels before deciding on super-G and team combined, with her first race on Sunday.
- A high-profile veteran, Vonn enters her fifth Olympics with three medals and leads the season's downhiller standings with two wins in five races.
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Vonn vows to defy injury at Olympics
Lindsey Vonn will attempt to defy the odds and compete at the Winter Olympics despite a ruptured knee ligament, the US ski icon insisting on Tuesday that she will be at the starting gate when the women's events get underway at the weekend. Vonn's Olympic return after eight years, at the age of 41 and with a titanium implant in her right knee, has been one of the storylines of the Milan-Cortina Games. And she has been forced into another fightbac…
"It inspires us all": the men's alpine ski stars were admired on Wednesday in Bormio about Lindsey Vonn, who will take the start of Sunday's downhill of the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games despite a total break in a crossed ligament of the left knee.
Skiing icon confirms Winter Olympic comeback after being airlifted to hospital days ago as injuries revealed
Lindsey Vonn has declared she will take to the slopes at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics this Sunday, despite suffering a complete rupture of her anterior cruciate ligament just days ago.The 41-year-old American skiing icon addressed reporters at a press conference in Cortina on Tuesday, confirming her participation in the women's downhill on February 8.She said: "With the help of a knee brace, I'm confident I'll be competing on Sunday."Her an…
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