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Lindsey Vonn Olympic downhill ACL : NPR

Lindsey Vonn Olympic downhill ACL : NPR

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United States’ Lindsey Vonn speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women’s downhill official training, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Marco Trovati/AP hide caption toggle caption Marco Trovati/AP CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Here in the Dolomites, with the 2026 Winter Olympics finally underway, there is one sentence heard in recent days more than any other: “If anyone can do it, Lindsey can.” That Lindsey is, of course, Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old skiing superstar whose genuinely epic comeback from retirement to compete at these Olympic Games was suddenly thrown into jeopardy just over a week ago when she crashed during a race and tore her left anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL. Most athletes would bow out after such a serious injury. Instead, Vonn stunned the skiing world by announcing this week that she would compete anyway. By Saturday, Vonn had successfully completed two official training runs on the course at the Tofane Ski Center, where the women’s alpine events are being held, setting the stage for Sunday’s …

Will Lindsey Vonn compete at 2026 Winter Olympics with ACL injury?

Will Lindsey Vonn compete at 2026 Winter Olympics with ACL injury?

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American downhill skier Lindsey Vonn has her sights set on Olympic gold once again, despite one bionic knee and another with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. Olympic champion Vonn retired before the previous Winter Olympics with a broken body, only to mount a stunning comeback in 2024 following a partial replacement of her right knee. At age 41, Vonn sits at the top of the World Cup downhill standings and, as of last week was one of the favourites for the gold medal. But then disaster struck. Lindsey Vonn before being airlifted to hospital REUTERS Will Lindsey Vonn compete at 2026 Winter Olympics? In her final World Cup race before the Games, she crashed and suffered a serious knee injury. ”I completely ruptured my ACL,” she later confirmed. “I also have bone bruising, which is a common injury when you tear your ACL, plus some meniscal damage.” Vonn was airlifted to hospital, and her Olympic chances were written off. Not by Vonn though, who still aims to compete in Milan-Cortina and become the oldest alpine …

NFL-Super Bowl-bound Diggs confident Olympic skier Vonn can conquer ACL injury

NFL-Super Bowl-bound Diggs confident Olympic skier Vonn can conquer ACL injury

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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 4 : New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs expressed confidence that American skiing great Lindsey Vonn can compete at the Milano Cortina Olympics despite a ruptured ACL, drawing on his own experience with the devastating injury. The 41-year-old Vonn, who captured Olympic downhill gold in 2010, revealed this week that she had ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament in a crash during a World Cup event last Friday. But Vonn plans to ski in the Olympics wearing a brace, with her first event scheduled for Sunday – the same day Diggs will make his Super Bowl debut against the Seattle Seahawks in Santa Clara, California. Diggs, who suffered a torn ACL in October 2024 during his lone season with the Houston Texans, offered perspective when asked about Vonn’s situation on Wednesday. “I hope her surgery, when she does get it, goes successfully,” Diggs told reporters. “It’s crazy that anybody who’s torn their ACL, they know like a week or a couple of days maybe sometimes, people can run. People can do like …

Lindsey Vonn pushes toward Olympic return despite ACL injury 

Lindsey Vonn pushes toward Olympic return despite ACL injury 

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Fulham’s Beau Parker on second ‘traumatic’ ACL injury – as lab asks why female footballers are more susceptible | UK News

Fulham’s Beau Parker on second ‘traumatic’ ACL injury – as lab asks why female footballers are more susceptible | UK News

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The second time Fulham footballer Beau Parker suffered an ACL injury was even harder to process. “It’s really traumatic,” the 24-year-old tells Sky News. “You just don’t expect it to just keep happening to you. That’s the hardest part because I don’t know if my future is going to be in football any more.” Just like in 2023, she is enduring a lengthy road to recovery after rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament on what should have been a day of joy in May. Image: Fulham footballer Beau Parker has suffered two ACL injuries Image: Beau Parker suffering her injury. Pic: Simon Dael/Shutterstock As Fulham sealed the title, Parker, like her team, was on the up – to the fourth tier. It is far from the growing financial rewards of the Women’s Super League and the Lionesses, but playing football is all she ever wanted to do. “I just don’t want that to happen again and just have to be retiring at the age of 24 – it’s just ridiculous,” she says. “This has happened so …