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Lindsey Vonn’s crucial error earlier than Winter Olympics crash as skier has surgical procedure

Snowboarding legend Lindsey Vonn noticed her Winter Olympics dream dashed in heartbreaking vogue on Sunday

Lindsey Vonn noticed her Olympic dream finish in heartbreak (Picture: Getty)

Italian Snowboarding nice Alberto Tomba believes Lindsey Vonn ought to have practised at Milano-Cortina as a substitute of racing at Crans-Montana earlier than she crashed out of the Winter Olympics. The 41-year-old crashed through the girls’s downhill alpine snowboarding closing on Sunday. 

Vonn was in motion after struggling a left ruptured anterior cruciate ligament damage simply 9 days earlier than. And her comeback led to nightmare vogue after she crashed simply moments into her session on the Winter Video games. 

The Olympic star was instantly surrounded by a workforce of medical professionals earlier than being airlifted to a close-by hospital. It was later confirmed that she was in a steady situation after having surgical procedure on a leg fracture.

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The incident got here after Vonn sustained a ruptured ACL throughout a crash at a World Cup occasion in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Now, Tomba has questioned by way of Reuters why Vonn competed so near the Winter Olympics. 

The Andorran crashed on the steepest a part of the course and was seen holding her knee earlier than being airlifted away. The 25-year-old collapsed on a flip, and the air ambulance needed to be known as out for a second time on Sunday.

America’s Breezy Johnson went on to assert gold on the occasion, with Germany’s Emma Aicher taking silver and Italy’s Sofia Goggia profitable bronze. 

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