Overview
- Vonn crashed 13 seconds into the Cortina downhill, was treated on course, airlifted, and underwent initial surgery in Treviso; the U.S. Ski Team said she is stable.
- She wrote that she was five inches too tight and hooked a gate with her right arm, adding her recent ACL tear did not cause the fall.
- In her post she said she has no regrets about racing and that the fracture is stable but will require multiple operations.
- Her father, Alan Kildow, told the Associated Press he believes the injury likely ends her career, though Vonn has made no announcement.
- IOC sports director Pierre Ducrey and U.S. teammates defended her autonomy to start, and Breezy Johnson won gold in the event.