"I was simply 5 inches too tight on my line when my right arm hooked inside of the gate, twisting me and resulted in my crash. My ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever, Vonn continued, brushing aside critics who argued her skiing with an injury resulted in her crash. She added: Unfortunately, I sustained a complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly."
"While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets. Standing in the starting gate yesterday was an incredible feeling that I will never forget. Knowing I stood there having a chance to win was a victory in and of itself. I also knew that racing was a risk. It always was and always will be an incredibly dangerous sport."
Lindsey Vonn crashed during the women's downhill medal run at the Winter Olympics, ending her Games. The crash happened when her right arm hooked inside a gate after she was about five inches too tight on her line. She had torn an ACL days earlier in Switzerland, but that prior injury did not cause this crash. The Olympic crash produced a complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to repair. Vonn expressed intense physical pain yet stated she had no regrets and reflected on the inherent risks of ski racing and resilience.
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