"Yesterday my Olympic dream did not finish the way I dreamt it would. It wasn't a story book ending or a fairy tail, it was just life. I dared to dream and had worked so hard to achieve it. Because in Downhill ski racing the difference between a strategic line and a catastrophic injury can be as small as 5 inches."
"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. Unfortunately, I sustained a complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly. While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets."
Downhill ski courses typically span one to three miles with speeds between 30 and 70 mph, where tiny margins determine success or disaster. Lindsey Vonn crashed in the Olympic downhill after being five inches too tight on her line, her right arm hooking inside a gate and twisting her. She was airlifted for a complex tibia fracture that is currently stable and will require multiple surgeries. Vonn skied despite a ruptured ACL and says the prior injuries did not cause the crash. She expressed no regrets, described standing in the starting gate as a victory, and reflected on risk, dreams, and the beauty of striving.
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