#lindsey-vonn

#lindsey-vonn

And the Olympics have not yet officially begun. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Milan's Piazza XXV Aprile, named for the day Italy was liberated from Nazi fascism in 1945, to protest against the planned deployment of ICE agents during the Games. The ICE agents to be deployed to Milan are not from the same unit as the immigration agents cracking down in Minneapolis and other US cities.

Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and was left limping and keeping weight off her left knee before being airlifted to hospital throwing into doubt the 41-year-old's spectacular skiing comeback. Vonn who was expected to be one of the stars of the Olympics but now faces uncertainty over her status lost control on Friday when landing a jump in a World Cup race held in difficult conditions with low visibility and ended up tangled in the safety nets

When I first came on, I was a little nervous about how it was going to be, but everyone was super welcoming especially the older girls, says Sunshine, 23, who has been on the team since 2022. It was very, let's lift up these rookies.' Veteran racer Nina O'Brien even wrote welcoming notes to all the newcomers. That was super nice, Sunshine says.

Vonn's remarkable and inspiring comeback from injuries and a seven-year hiatus from top-level competitive skiing has injected the U.S. team narrative with an irresistible story line. That her quest will culminate in the mountains of northern Italy just two months from now will make it must-watch television and social media video. The last two weeks have thrust Vonn back onto the international stage as well as the podium, which she climbed in four of her first five races this season.