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Lindsey Vonn's pursuit of a second Olympic downhill gold medal is over. The 41-year-old American, skiing with a badly injured left knee, crashed early in Sunday's race in Italy.
Already injured and competing with a ruptured ACL, legendary Team USA skier Lindsey Vonn, 41, saw her latest push for Olympic gold come to an end just 13 seconds into the downhill final in Milan Cortina at the Winter Olympics.
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn crashed and injured her left knee in her final downhill race on Friday before the Olympics and said she hopes to recover in time for the Milan Cortina Games. “This is a very difficult outcome one week ...
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Lindsey Vonn suffered complex tibia fracture in final Olympic downhill ski raceMinnesota native Lindsey Vonn had dreams of finishing her Olympic downhill skiing career with a gold medal around her neck in Milan. Instead, she had to be taken off the mountain by a helicopter after her second fall in about a week.
Following her crash at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, the elite athlete has been taking things 'one day at a time.'