Lindsey Vonn says her "Olympic dream is not over" after crash

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Crans-Montana, Switzerland — Lindsey Vonn said successful a social media statement her "Olympic imagination is not over" aft a clang successful her last downhill earlier the Milan Cortina Games near her limping and keeping value disconnected her near knee.

Vonn mislaid power erstwhile landing a leap successful a World Cup contention and ended up tangled successful the information nets connected the precocious information of the course.

She yet got up aft receiving aesculapian attraction and walked distant gingerly, taking value disconnected her near genu and utilizing her poles to dependable herself. She past clicked her skis backmost connected but stopped to cheque her near knee.

Vonn yet made it to the decorativeness country Friday and limped into a structure for aesculapian attention. Before she entered the tent, Vonn had an anxious look connected her look and her eyes were closed during a agelong clasp with teammate Jacquelin Wiles.

The clang occurred precisely a week earlier the Milan Cortina opening ceremony. Several hours later, Vonn wrote connected Instagram that she had injured her near genu and that she was "discussing the situation" with her doctors and team.

"This is simply a precise hard result 1 week earlier the Olympics… but if there's 1 happening I cognize however to do, it's a comeback," Vonn wrote. She said she volition proceed to acquisition further exams and "give much accusation erstwhile I person it."

Vonn thanked fans for their "love and support" and aesculapian unit for their "incredible help." She besides gave a shout-out to Norwegian skier Marte Monsen, who besides crashed during the event. Austrian skier Nina Ortlieb besides crashed.

Ortlieb crashed connected apical successful the aforesaid country arsenic Vonn and Monsen deed the nets conscionable earlier the decorativeness country and had to beryllium taken distant successful a sled. The contention was delayed aft some of those crashes. But past 2 racers — Wiles and Corrine Suter, the Olympic champion, completed their runs. The contention was canceled aft Vonn's crash. Wiles was starring the contention erstwhile it was cancelled.

Romane Miradoli of France, who did implicit her run, said visibility was an issue, with snowfall falling.

"You can't see," Miradoli said, "and it's bumpy everywhere."

Asked if it was dangerous, Miradoli added, "We conscionable couldn't spot well."

The 41-year-old Vonn has been the circuit's starring downhiller this play with 2 victories and 3 different podium finishes, having returned past play aft a partial close genu titanium replacement. Last month, Vonn raced to a stunningly accelerated win in a World Cup downhill astatine St. Moritz to gain her archetypal triumph successful astir 8 years — and the archetypal successful her comeback with titanium implants successful her close genu aft a five-year retirement.

Vonn's archetypal Olympic contention is the women's downhill connected Feb. 8. She was besides readying connected competing successful the super-G and the caller squad combined lawsuit astatine the Games.

Women's skiing astatine the Olympics volition beryllium held successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, wherever Vonn holds the grounds of 12 World Cup wins.

Vonn was besides readying connected racing a super-G successful Crans-Montana connected Saturday successful what would person been her last contention earlier the Games.

Vonn had registered the fastest clip astatine the archetypal checkpoint and past landed a leap disconnected balance, lifted her near limb and rod precocious into the aerial successful an effort to regain her balance. Then arsenic she tried to brake, Vonn got spun astir and ended up successful the nets.

Vonn has had galore crashes successful her career. One of her worst was astatine the 2013 satellite championships successful Schladming, Austria, during a super-G that was besides held successful hard conditions. Vonn past had to beryllium airlifted disconnected the people and tore isolated her close knee. She returned the pursuing season, got wounded again and missed the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

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