Carrying the purple jersey as the general standings chief within the girls’s downhill competitors this winter, Lindsey Vonn was unable to complete the final race earlier than the Winter Olympics. The 41-year-old crashed round 20 seconds into her run on the Crans-Montana course in Switzerland.
Vonn was the third starter out of the primary six to crash out of the competitors. After she went down, the race was suspended.
The American star, who’s searching for her second Olympic gold in subsequent month’s occasion in Italy, suffered accidents to her left leg and knee, her coach, former downhill racer Aksel Lund Svindal, instructed reporters after the race.
The severity of the accidents should be decided in follow-up examination by medical consultants, Svindal added. He additionally mentioned that is still constructive, regardless of Vonn being in “a little bit of ache.”
Vonn’s crash occurred in a right-hand nook following a bounce. She misplaced some her stability and slid out into the security netting, having to be freed by race personnel.
She ultimately was capable of journey to the end space underneath her personal energy. The crash nonetheless casts a cloud over her look within the Olympic downhill competitors set to happen on Feb. 8 in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
One of the crucial profitable alpine skiers of all time, Vonn initially retired in 2020. Nevertheless, she made a comeback in 2024 and slowly reclaimed her former spot among the many world’s elite. This season to this point, she grew to become the oldest downhill World Cup winner and entered Friday having overwhelmed the sector in two of the primary 5 races of the yr.
