"Moments into her run in the women's downhill, Vonn's legs failed her as she came over a roll after passing the third gate. She twisted and crashed sideways to the ground, and after a first stunned burst of shouts and screams, the atmosphere around the Olimpia delle Tofane course fell deadly quiet while the medical team gathered around her. Fifteen minutes later, Vonn was airlifted from the mountain to hospital for treatment."
"'It's tragic, but it's ski racing I'm afraid,' said Johan Eliasch, chairman of the international skiing federation. I can only say thank you for what she [Vonn] has done for our sport, because this race has been the talk of the Games. As the helicopter carrying Vonn flew overhead, the crowd around the mountain broke into applause for her, but the disruption to the race was difficult for the competitors lining up behind her including the home favourite, Sofia Goggia."
"The interruption lasted half an hour, and after it was over, no one else was able to get within half-a-second of Johnson's winning time of 1min 36.10sec. Goggia won the bronze, and Germany's Emma Aichner won the silver. The mood on the mountain changed in the moments after Vonn crashed, and two more bad accidents followed, involving Austria's Nina Ortleib and Andorra's Cande Moreno."
Lindsey Vonn crashed moments into her fifth and final Olympic downhill run when her legs failed as she came over a roll after the third gate. She twisted and fell sideways; medical staff gathered and she was airlifted to hospital fifteen minutes later. Teammate Breezy Johnson won gold with a time of 1min 36.10sec, Germany's Emma Aichner took silver and Italy's Sofia Goggia claimed bronze. The race was interrupted for half an hour, affecting subsequent competitors. The mood shifted after Vonn's crash and two more accidents involved Austria's Nina Ortleib and Andorra's Cande Moreno. Vonn had started despite a recent ACL rupture.
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