""I think the harder part is wrapping your mind around putting yourself at risk again. And that's never been an issue for her. She's always been willing to, like, put it on the line... She was always the, like, extra fearless one.""
""It isn't common in everyday life to go another week with an ACL injury, putting yourself at risk,""
""It's always common to take care of it right away. But there's more on the line for the Olympics than that.""
""These aren't amateur people who were helping her make this decision,""
Lindsey Vonn completed a downhill run that lasted 13 seconds before a violent crash that led to an airlift and surgery for at minimum a fractured left leg. Questions arose about whether she should have raced with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. Observers described Vonn as mentally tough and unusually fearless, willing to put herself at risk when physically able, especially with Olympic stakes involved. Medical professionals involved in her care were experienced specialists advising the decision. The typical everyday risk-reward calculus did not apply given the Olympic context and the team's medical involvement.
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