Lindsey Vonn says she almost lost her leg after Olympics crash: ‘I can’t tell you how painful it’s been’

U.S. ski racer Lindsey Vonn says her left leg was saved by a doctor who 'wouldn't have been there' had she not ruptured her ACL a week before the Milan-Cortina Olympics began.

I Tore My ACL Skiing. Lindsey Vonn Taught Me an Unexpected Lesson

Lindsay Vonn crashed because she went all in, not, she said, because she’d torn her ACL. As she wrote on social media: “We ...

Texas Tech standout JT Toppin will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his right knee

Texas Tech standout forward JT Toppin will miss the rest of the season because of a torn ACL in his right knee.
Oregonian

Lindsey Vonn puts her torn ACL to the test in Sunday’s Olympic downhill

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Seeing if Lindsey Vonn can contend for a medal in the Olympic downhill at age 41 with a titanium replacement in her right knee to cap her comeback after nearly six years of ...
New York Post

Inside the small town being torn apart by Newsom’s high speed rail disaster: ‘Nowhere for us to go’

In the small town of Shafter just northwest of Bakersfield, Gavin Newsom’s dream of high-speed rail service has become a nightmare. Residents and business owners in the Central Valley burg are ...
The New York Times

How is Lindsey Vonn skiing on a torn ACL? Why downhill is different than other sports

A perfect recipe of circumstances makes downhill skiing doable — though still quite remarkable — for Vonn, even with a torn ACL. François-Xavier Marit / AFP via Getty Images CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — ...
WBAL-TV

'Not your average athlete': Doctor discusses how Lindsey Vonn can compete in Olympics on torn ACL

Lindsey Vonn is one of the biggest stories of the Milan-Cortina Olympics so far.After the skier came out of retirement to go for gold one last time, she suffered a torn left ACL in a training run on ...
The Washington Post

What Lindsey Vonn is trying to do is insane. And that’s a compliment.

CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, Italy — It was a training run in a career with thousands of training runs gone by. Even at 41, Lindsey Vonn might be able to ski the downhill course on this gorgeous slope in the ...
The New York Times

Lindsey Vonn, on a torn ACL, completes training run ahead of Olympic downhill

Vonn flies off a jump during Friday's training run. Despite a torn ACL, her coach, Aksel Lund Svindal, thinks she might still be able to win Sunday's downhill. Al Bello / Getty Images CORTINA ...
NBC 7 San Diego

Here's how Lindsey Vonn is skiing on a torn ACL in the 2026 Winter Olympics

After a six-year absence from competitive skiing, and less than two years removed from a partial right knee replacement, a 41-year-old Vonn won a World Cup race in December 2025. She won again in ...
USA Today

What it's like skiing on a torn ACL? Lindsey Vonn has done it before

Lindsey Vonn plans to race on Sunday despite a fully ruptured left ACL and meniscus damage. An orthopedic surgeon noted that while Vonn is not a "normal human being," skiing without an ACL presents ...
Los Angeles Times

Can Lindsey Vonn compete in Olympics with torn ACL? ‘If anyone can do it, it’s Lindsey’

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. MILAN — A partial knee replacement in her right leg wasn’t enough to stop Lindsey Vonn from pursuing her Olympic ...