The silence on the track was equal to the enormous disillusionment. Starting with bib 13 under the eyes of Snoop Dogg despite injuring the cruciate ligament in her left knee last week during the downhill in Crans-Montana in Switzerland, Lindsey Vonn took the start with the ambition of winning a new Olympic title.
And the American fell violently from the start of the race. While in mid-jump, she was knocked off balance by putting her hand on a door and then found herself spinning on the ground.
In tears, the 41-year-old skier did not get up and was taken care of by the trainers on the Cortina slope. A Samu helicopter then came to pick her up and certainly take her to the hospital, to the applause of those present in the stands.
The race was interrupted for a few minutes before the passage of the Austrian Mirjam Puchner and the other favorite of this descent, the Italian Sofia Goggia.
