Skier Lindsey Vonn says she'll need multiple surgeries
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BREAKING: For the second time in a few days, Lindsey Vonn crashed during her ski event this morning and was airlifted (via helicopter) out by medics This comes a few days after she suffered an ACL injury and needed to be airlifted Credit: NBC / Olympics #olympics #lindseyvonn pic.twitter.com/OkS6YfRa4o
Lindsey Vonn's gut-wrenching injury update Monday included details of what went wrong during the Winter Olympics race that caused her massive crash.
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation responded to backlash over allowing Lindsey Vonn to compete in the Olympics.
Lindsey Vonn’s fall explained: A reverse banked section, an unfortunate bump and an inflated air bag
Lindsey Vonn knows the Olympic downhill course better than anyone. She’s won a record 12 World Cup races on the Olympia delle Tofane track and has a total of 20 podium results there stretching back to her very first on the entire circuit in 2004.
Lindsey Vonn’s defiant bid to win the Winter Olympic downhill at the age of 41, on a rebuilt right knee and a badly injured left knee, ended Sunday in a frightening crash that left her with a broken leg and saw her taken to safety by a rescue helicopter for the second time in nine days.