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Jannik Sinner still shaken: message for Lindsey Vonn

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In the aftermath of the serious accident in the downhill at Milan Cortina 2026, which forced Lindsey Vonn to hospitalization in Treviso and an operation to stabilize the fracture in her left leg, the American champion continues to receive public messages of support, via social networks. Prominent among them is one from Jannik Sinner, the Italian tennis champion who has always made no secret of his passion for skiing and, in the recent past, had even had the opportunity to train with Vonn.

“Thinking of you” wrote the Sixth Pusteria outfielder in a social story on Monday, posting a photo of the two, smiling, in the snow and adding two emoji, one with a sad face and one with hands joined in prayer. Sinner has always taken pride in his friendship with Lindsey Vonn, so much so that he has spoken about it in several interviews, explaining that among the skiers he follows most closely and is most in touch with is the American champion.

Francesco LuciveroLindsey 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.
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 the American champion away from the Tofane.

Vonn herself, in recent months, had hoped to meet Sinner as soon as possible: “I am always in touch with Jannik, we are good friends – her words in an’interview with ‘Repubblica’ – Sooner or later, however, we will come back to ski together. He now has a lot to do and many more trophies to win. We will meet again someday, I am sure, but first we both have our respective commitments”. Vonn, moreover, has often been one of the first to compliment after Jannik Sinner’s tennis court triumphs.

As for updates on Lindsey Vonn’s health status, the bulletin scheduled for 12 p.m. Monday has not been released: in fact, the spokeswoman for Ulss2 reported that Team USA has imposed a complete ban on disseminating information, a choice that the hospital must also adhere to per the patient’s wishes.

Vonn fell in the early stages of Sunday’s downhill, going on to further damage the leg already affected by the cruciate ligament rupture a few days earlier in Crans-Montana. The skier, according to Reuters reports, has also been in intensive care since the Cortina accident, but only to protect her privacy.

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