Overview
- Vonn lost control roughly 12–13 seconds into her run, clipped an early gate and crashed off course before a helicopter flew her to Codivilla Putti Hospital for evaluation.
- No official diagnosis or prognosis has been released following the incident in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
- The American raced in a knee brace and was reported to have a ruptured ACL during the downhill.
- Vonn retired in 2019, returned after surgery, and owns four overall World Cup titles, 84 World Cup wins and three Olympic medals including 2010 downhill gold.
- Ahead of the Milan–Cortina Games, she said she was single for the first time entering an Olympics and focused on competing.