"Vonn was the third racer to crash in the downhill race at Crans-Montana, the final stop on the World Cup circuit before the Winter Olympics are set to begin next month. Vonn lost control after landing a jump, and she skidded down the hill into the sideline nets. She was able to ski slowly down to the finish line by herself, at times seen holding her left knee. Afterward, she was airlifted off the course, and the race was called off."
"She was forced into it, she felt, by repeated injuries to her knees. A partial knee replacement changed things, she said. She began training again in earnest in 2024, with her eyes set on the Olympic opportunity ahead in 2026 at Cortina D'Ampezzo in Italy a widely-loved ski course where she had her first podium finish in 2004 and broke the record for most World Cup wins in 2015."
Lindsey Vonn crashed during a World Cup downhill at Crans-Montana after losing control on a jump and skidding into the sideline nets. She skied slowly to the finish, was seen holding her left knee, and was airlifted from the course; officials called off the race. The U.S. ski team said she was being evaluated and her condition was unclear immediately after the crash. Vonn won Olympic downhill gold in 2010 and retired in 2019 with 82 World Cup wins. A partial knee replacement preceded a 2024 comeback focused on the 2026 Cortina D'Ampezzo Olympics, and she recorded multiple wins and podiums this season.
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