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Lindsey Vonn has suffered a devastating clang successful the women's downhill skiing last astatine the Winter Olympics.
The 41-year-old American ruptured her ACL successful a clang astatine a World Cup contention successful Switzerland connected 30 January but was determined to vie astatine the Olympics nevertheless.
Just 13 seconds into her last tally successful Cortina, bluish Italy, connected Sunday, Vonn crashed connected the piste, having clipped a slalom gross portion mid-air.
The Team USA jock was heard screaming aft the clang arsenic she was surrounded by aesculapian unit for respective minutes.
Vonn was past strapped to a gurney and flown to infirmary by helicopter.
The severity of her injuries is not known.
People successful the crowd, including rapper Snoop Dogg, watched arsenic the skier crashed and was taken distant from the course. Vonn's begetter was besides successful the stands and stared astatine the crushed portion she was being treated.
Vonn's teammate, Breezy Johnson, won the women's downhill, becoming the 2nd American pistillate to instrumentality the Olympic downhill gold. Vonn was the archetypal US pistillate to execute the feat.
Vonn was considered a medal hopeful contempt her ruptured ACL and completed 2 awesome grooming runs earlier this week.
She had returned to elite skis racing past play aft astir six years successful retirement, having had a partial titanium genu replacement successful her close knee.
As good arsenic the ruptured ACL, she besides had a bony bruise and meniscus damage.
