Lindsey Vonn will participate in the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina despite a total rupture of a cruciate ligament in her left knee. The ski stars are in awe.
“She inspires us all” : the stars of men’s alpine skiing were admiring, Wednesday in Bormio, about Lindsey Vonn, who will start Sunday in the downhill of the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina despite a total rupture of a cruciate ligament in her left knee.
“She’s one of the greatest of all time. She came back from so many injuries and had so many incredible comebacks. I hope she can run on Sunday and win a medal.”underlined the Swiss Marco Odermatt, outgoing four-time winner of the World Cup, in the mixed zone after the first official training on the famous Stelvio.
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“Here there are a few running without a cruciate ligament, including my team, but to do it just a week after the accident is just incredible. She inspires us all”insisted the Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr, double world champion in downhill and super-G in 2021. “I’m a big fan, the way she dedicates herself to her sport, giving everything, it’s just fabulous. I wish him the best”he added.
Vonn, 41, announced as one of the superstars of the Italian Olympic fortnight after her resounding «come-back» at the highest level after five years of a retirement that she thought was definitive, was seriously injured on Friday in Crans-Montana (Switzerland) during the last downhill before the Games.
The American suffers in particular from a total rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee, she who was able to return to competition last season after the installation of a titanium prosthesis in her… right knee.
“An incredible athlete with a strong mind”
“His fall was not a pretty sight. I hope she can ski without risking another injury.”commented the Italian Dominik Paris, super-G world champion in 2019. He himself had a similar experience and is wondering.
“One year I had planned to race in Kitzbuhel after rupturing my anterior cruciate ligament the day before but on the day of the race I quickly realized that it would not be possible. You have to see. She’s been hurt a lot, she knows how to deal with that. But I hope she doesn’t do something stupid by starting.”
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American downhiller Ryan Cochran-Siegle, best time in the first training session on Thursday, judged that he “will have to be counted” with her compatriot. “She is an incredible athlete, an incredible person with a strong mind. Make no mistake: she certainly remains a threat to her competitors on Sunday. in Cortina.
