"She hooked her arm on the gate, which twisted her around. She was going probably 70mph, and so that twists your body around. Cashman, who suffered a heavy crash of her own five years ago, said Vonn's crash had nothing to do with her ACL, nothing to do with her knee, and people who think otherwise are totally incorrect. I think a lot of people are ridiculing that, and a lot of people don't [know] what's going on, Cashman added."
"It's her choice, Brignone said. If it's your body, then you decide what to do, whether to race or not. It's not up to others. Only you."
"Lindsey's a grown woman and the best speed skier to ever do this sport. If she made her decision, I think"
Lindsey Vonn competed in the women's downhill at the Winter Olympics while carrying a ruptured ACL, crashed early in her run, suffered a fractured leg and was airlifted. Some social media users criticized her decision to race a week after the knee injury. Teammates and fellow racers defended her choice, explaining the crash resulted from hooking a gate at high speed and was unrelated to the ACL. Vonn returned from a six-year retirement in 2025 after knee replacement, reached the podium in five World Cup downhills with two wins, and sought a second Olympic gold.
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