Lindsey Vonn’s Olympic Dream in Doubt After Scary Crash Days Before Milano Cortina
The road to the Milano Cortina Olympics has taken a sudden and worrying turn for one of the biggest names in winter sports. Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old American ski legend whose comeback has already defied expectations, is now facing real uncertainty after a hard crash in her final downhill race before the Games.
The incident happened on a World Cup downhill course in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, under difficult and dangerous conditions. Visibility was poor, snow was falling and several skiers ahead of Vonn failed to finish their runs. Despite those risks, Vonn attacked the course aggressively, as she has done throughout a remarkable season. But on a jump in the upper section of the hill, she lost control. She fought to regain her balance, but it wasn’t enough. She went down hard, spinning into the safety nets at high speed.
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What followed was unsettling to watch. Vonn stayed down for several minutes as medical staff rushed in. She eventually stood up, but she was clearly favoring her left knee. She limped, leaned heavily on her poles and stopped repeatedly to check the knee before carefully skiing down to the finish area. From there, she was taken for further medical evaluation and airlifted off the mountain, a standard precaution in alpine skiing but a sobering sight so close to the Olympics.
Right now, the full extent of the injury is not known. Officials have said she is being evaluated and those closest to her remain cautiously hopeful. But the timing could not be worse. The Winter Olympics open in just days and Vonn’s marquee event, the women’s downhill, is scheduled for February 8. She was widely viewed as a gold-medal favorite, leading the downhill standings this season and showing astonishing consistency after returning from a partial knee replacement.
Now, the question is no longer about podiums, but about health, recovery and whether she will even be able to start. The next few days will be critical and every update will be watched closely by fans around the world.
Stay with us as this story develops, because the answer to whether Lindsey Vonn makes it to the Olympic старт line could define not just these Games, but an extraordinary career.
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