US EditionLindsey Vonn says ‘Olympic dream is not over’ after crashing in last downhill before Winter Games
- On Jan. 30, 2026, Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final World Cup downhill in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, causing the race to be canceled exactly a week before the Milan‑Cortina opening ceremony.
- Landing a jump off-balance, Vonn was spun into safety nets amid difficult visibility and a bumpy course that caused three of the first six racers to crash, including Nina Ortlieb and Marte Monsen.
- After receiving on-course treatment for about 5 minutes, Vonn skied slowly to the finish clutching her left knee, limped into a medical tent and was airlifted to hospital, saying on social media her Olympic dream is not over.
- It wasn't clear immediately how Lindsey Vonn's crash would affect her Olympic preparations, and the U.S. Ski Team said she was being evaluated ahead of the women's downhill on Feb. 8.
- Vonn, who returned from retirement, won last month’s St. Moritz World Cup downhill and leads the season with multiple victories and podiums despite skiing with a partial titanium implant in right knee.
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The 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony is set for Friday, February 6, at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy, and Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn was scheduled to be there. But, on Friday, January 30, the alpine ski racer suffered a scary incident during a World Cup race in Switzerland, which resulted in an injury.Even though the Olympics don’t start for several days, the pre-Olympic action is already taking place. Before the Olympics, at…
With Ortlieb, Monsen and Vonn, three out of six female runners had a hard time falling on Friday at the descent in Crans-Montana – but ÖSV head coach Roland Assinger could "not understand" the crash due to poor ground vision. Reason: Assinger met the significantly more difficult visual conditions two weeks ago in Tarvis than the race had been pulled through. "We drove through a fog wall at 110 km/h. Today the light was not so bad with God that y…
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Lindsey Vonn injures knee in downhill crash a week before Games: 'My Olympic dream is not over'
Skiing star Lindsey Vonn crashed and injured her left knee in a downhill race one week before the Milan Cortina Games begin. She vows, 'My Olympic dream is not over.'
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