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The ski world is anxious for Lindsey Vonn after her tremendous fall. Off in a helicopter

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The ski world is anxious about Lindsey Vonn after her tremendous fall. It ended after a few meters at the Winter Olympics for the U.S. outfielder. The champion decomposed and spun before collapsing on the snow. Her screams of pain went around the world making the scene even more poignant. The descent was stopped for rescue and resumed about 20 later as Vonn was transported by helicopter to the hospital.

Aldo SeghedoniLindsey Vonn, tremendous fall and end of Olympic dream in Cortina: photos

Lindsey Vonn falls after very few seconds in the downhill on the Tofane Olympia at Milan-Cortina 2026.
So ends the attempt to rewrite history by the champion. Astonished audience.
The race is immediately stopped after the fall of the American champion.
She closes in tears the dream of winning an Olympic medal at 41 years old.

Vonn aimed to overtake compatriot Breezy Johnson, in the lead up to that point.
Started with bib 13, she chooses a very high line at the'entrance of the first crossbar.
He hits a goal with his right shoulder, loses his balance and falls ruinously.

The'impact takes place on the'Olympia of the Tofane, a track where he had already triumphed twelve times in his career.
The screams of pain of the champion break the silence of Cortina.

In previous days she had revealed the complete rupture of the cruciate ligament in Crans Montana.
The'injury had occurred in the'last World Cup race before the Olympics.
The first responders arrive immediately on the track after the fall.
Vonn is immobilized and loaded onto the toboggan by rescuers.
The'helicopter transports away the American champion from the Tofane.

“Terrible. The sacrifices you make…After so many injuries she came back with prosthesis, then she got hurt again. It was not her mistake, it was just bad luck” commented a very worried Nadia Fanchini live on Rai.

In the downhill of the previous edition, the one in Beijing 2022, the gold went to Corinne Suter, solid and precise on the day that counted. Behind her, Sofia Goggia took a hefty silver after a season marred by injuries. Bronze went to Nadia Delago, who completed a historic Italian one-two.

It was Sofia Goggia’s Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018. Her downhill was aggressive, clean, without hesitation: very well-deserved gold. The silver went to Ragnhild Mowinckel, the bronze to Lindsey Vonn.

A unique edition in Sochi in 2014: the gold ex aequo went to Tina Maze and Dominique Gisin, with the exact same time. Bronze went to Lara Gut, then at the beginning of a long career at the top and not yet married to Valon Behrami.

In Vancouver 2010, Lindsey Vonn dominated, winning gold and confirming herself as the queen of speed. Silver took Julia Mancuso, bronze Elisabeth Goergl.

On the home slopes for Italy, the gold from the 2006 Turin edition went to Michaela Dorfmeister.

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