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Lindsey Vonn Moved to Intensive Care After Olympic Downhill Crash

She is stable in a Treviso hospital after two surgeries, with her father urging that her racing career end.

Overview

  • Doctors performed two operations to stabilize a broken left leg, and officials say her condition is stable.
  • She was transferred to intensive care for extra privacy during her recovery, according to reports.
  • Her father, Alan Kildow, told the Associated Press he considers this the end of her career and does not want her to race again.
  • The 41-year-old returned from five years of retirement for the Cortina downhill, clipped a gate 13 seconds into her run, and crashed.
  • She was airlifted from the course and the competition paused for about 20 minutes, with her father, brother, and two sisters now at the hospital in Treviso.