"In Downhill ski racing the difference between a strategic line and a catastrophic injury can be as small as 5 inches,"
"While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets."
"I was simply 5 inches too tight on my line when my right arm hooked inside of the gate, twisting me and resulted in my crash,"
"My ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever."
Lindsey Vonn, 41, crashed 13 seconds into the Olympic downhill and sustained a complex tibia fracture in her left leg. She was airlifted to a Treviso hospital for initial stabilization and will require multiple additional surgeries to repair the injury. The crash occurred despite a left ACL tear eight days earlier; the ACL tear did not contribute to the crash, which resulted when her right arm hooked inside a gate after being five inches too tight on her line. Vonn retired in 2019 after knee injuries, returned after a 2024 partial knee replacement, and recorded World Cup wins and podiums this winter. Retirement plans after recovery remain unspecified.
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