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Lindsey Vonn Completes Second Downhill Training Run, Set to Start Olympic Race Despite Torn ACL

Sunday's downhill will determine any entry in the team combined or super-G.

Overview

  • Lindsey Vonn finished a second official training run on Saturday in 1:38.28 while wearing a large knee brace, with coach Aksel Lund Svindal noting she appeared calm though she favored her right leg on landings.
  • Her first downhill training run on Friday clocked 1:40.3, roughly 11th in that session, as she continued testing the stability of her left knee following last week’s crash.
  • The women’s downhill medal race is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 8 at 5:30 a.m. ET, with live coverage on USA Network and Peacock and NBC re-airs later in the day.
  • Decisions on whether Vonn will enter the team combined on Feb. 10 and the super-G on Feb. 12 will follow the downhill based on performance and medical assessment.
  • Vonn is attempting to compete days after rupturing the ACL in her left knee with associated bone bruise and meniscal damage on Jan. 30, extending a comeback that followed a 2019 retirement and a partial knee replacement in 2024.