Overview
- Vonn crashed about 13 seconds into the Cortina downhill after clipping a gate, received on‑slope treatment and was airlifted from the Olympia delle Tofane course.
- She was transferred to Ca' Foncello hospital in Treviso, where officials said she had surgery to stabilize a fracture in her left leg and is in stable condition.
- U.S. Ski & Snowboard said she is being cared for by a multidisciplinary team of American and Italian physicians.
- The 41-year-old returned to racing in 2024, completed required training runs in Cortina, and chose to compete despite rupturing her left ACL on January 30.
- Fellow racers and officials expressed support and called the incident tragic, while viewers and commentators debated her clearance to start and the broadcast of the crash.