The American was racing with a ruptured ACL however suffered a horrible crash on the highest a part of the course.
Skiier Lindsey Vonn was airlifted off the mountain following a surprising crash (Picture: Getty)
An replace has been given on the situation of Winter Olympics star Lindsey Vonn after a surprising crash within the ladies’s downhill alpine snowboarding remaining. The American crashed out of the occasion in the direction of the highest of the course and needed to be airlifted to hospital.
Vonn was a significant doubt for the video games after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in a separate crash only a matter of days earlier than the beginning. However she made an astonishing comeback, and got here by coaching runs within the days within the build-up to the ultimate.
The 41-year-old was snowboarding with out the anterior cruciate ligament and with a brace on her knee. She was the thirteenth skier within the occasion, however crashed early within the course, with the occasion delayed by round 20 minutes whereas she obtained therapy and could possibly be heard screaming out in ache.
Giving an replace at simply earlier than lunchtime on BBC, former British skier Chemmy Alcott, who was emotional on the crash, stated: “I used to be simply talking to Enrica Cipriani who’s a part of the ‘Group Vonn’, truly one of many photographs I believe I despatched you guys was one among her sitting on the chair raise with Lindsey this morning after we all thought this was going to finish in a fairytale…
“However even Enrica didn’t have an replace, very arduous to be a part of that crew who’ve sacrificed all the things. Her husband Chris Knight is Lindsey Vonn’s coach, so she’s simply attempting to maintain it collectively, and take care of what will be dealt with.”
Not lengthy after Vonn’s crash, Cande Moreno of Andorra additionally suffered the identical destiny. She obtained medical consideration with the helicopter additionally used once more to airlift her off the mountain. The ultimate ended with Vonn’s American teammate Breezy Johnson main the rankings, with Germany’s Emma Aicher in second place and Italy’s Sofia Goggia in third.
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