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Lindsey Vonn’s father is adamant: "Not as long as I have a say"

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Lindsey Vonn is undergoing a series of surgeries these days after the bad fall that broke her dream in the downhill at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. The U.S. skier wanted to compete anyway despite her broken left knee, but she fell in the early stages of the downhill, seriously injuring herself.

SportalLindsey 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 delle 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.

Transported by helicopter to the hospital first in Cortina, then to Treviso, she was operated on twice to stabilize the fracture, and will also have to undergo more surgery in the coming days. A real ordeal. The champion’s father, Alan Kildow, speaking to the Associated Press was adamant about the future of his daughter’s career.

“She is 41 years old and this is the end of her career. There will be no more ski racing for Lindsey Vonn as long as I have a say”. Alan stood by the champion, who underwent two surgeries for a fractured femur, and spent the night in his daughter&#8217s hospital room. Also with him are his brother and two sisters. “She always has someone with her, or even more people, we will stay here as long as she is here”.

“She is a very strong person. She knows physical pain. She understands the situation she is in and can handle it” said Alan Kildow, who preferred not to go into details. “He is handling the situation better than I expected”.

“Here she is getting all the best medical care possible, she is being looked after very well, the U.S. Olympic Committee and the U.S. ski team have a first-rate doctor for her. She is in very good hands, even here in Italy”.

Lindsey Vonn in a message on social media wrote that she regrets nothing: “It was not a fairy tale happy ending, but simply life. I dared to dream and worked hard to make that dream a reality. I was only two inches too close to the line when my right arm got caught in the gate, twisting me and causing the fall. My cruciate ligament and previous injuries had nothing to do with the fall”.

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