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Alex Vinatzer despondent: "I am in mourning"

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Alex Vinatzer did not hide all his frustration to the microphones of Rai Sport after his disappointing performance in the slalom of the men’s alpine ski team combination at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina. L’Azzurro, the author of a very bad race, thwarted his medal chances after Giovanni Franzoni’s excellent downhill run, which had finished ahead of everyone.

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Lindsey Vonn falls after very few seconds in the downhill on the Tofane Olympia at Milan-Cortina 2026.
Thus 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.

“I am a hair in mourning – admitted Vinatzer -I feel sorry more than for me for John, because with the descent he did the medal he deserved it all without a doubt. The position in a home Olympics in Italy is something I am not used to, I do not have to deny it”.

“I was really tense and nervous, even more than usual than when you are just starting – added l’Azzurro . “Knowing that there is a teammate that you love and to whom you want to give this thing that is waiting for you … well, it is very disappointing. I didn’t want to make a mistake. Unfortunately, I was a little too cautious”.

“In the first part there was holding a little bit. In the second part I did not do badly, but what bothers me a little bit is the third part. For the victory was difficult, but to give us a medal was very feasible, and instead so both Tommaso and I are a few hundredths from the podium” concluded a dejected Vinatzer.

Vinatzer will be back on track for the special slalom, scheduled for Monday, Feb. 16, with first run set for 10 a.m. and possible second run at 1:30 p.m.

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