Vonn airlifted to hospital after crash at cancelled final pre-Olympic race

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United States skier Lindsey Vonn among 3 crashes successful Crans-Montana successful Switzerland with contention yet cancelled.

Published On 30 Jan 2026

Lindsey Vonn crashed successful her last downhill earlier the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and was near limping and keeping value disconnected her near genu earlier being airlifted to infirmary – throwing into uncertainty the 41-year-old’s spectacular skiing comeback.

Vonn – who was expected to beryllium 1 of the stars of the Olympics but present faces uncertainty implicit her presumption – mislaid power connected Friday erstwhile landing a leap successful a World Cup contention held successful hard conditions with debased visibility and ended up tangled successful the information nets connected the precocious information of the course.

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The contention astatine Crans-Montana successful Switzerland, was aboriginal cancelled aft 3 of the archetypal six racers crashed.

Vonn yet got up aft receiving aesculapian attraction and walked distant gingerly, taking value disconnected her near genu and utilizing her poles to dependable herself. She past clicked her skis backmost connected but stopped to cheque her near knee.

The American yet made it to the decorativeness country and limped into a structure for aesculapian attention. She was past airlifted distant by chopper – dangling from a enactment crossed the Swiss Alps.

Before she entered the tent, Vonn had an anxious look connected her look and her eyes were closed during a agelong clasp with teammate Jacqueline Wiles, who was starring the contention erstwhile it was cancelled.

Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. being airlifted to the infirmary aft sustaining an wounded pursuing a clang during her run

Vonn has been the circuit’s starring downhiller this play with 2 victories and 3 different podium finishes, having returned past play aft a partial close genu titanium replacement.

Including super-G, Vonn had completed 8 World Cup races this play and finished connected the podium successful 7 of them. Her worst decorativeness was fourth.

The clang occurred precisely a week earlier the Milan Cortina opening ceremony.

Vonn’s archetypal Olympic contention is the women’s downhill connected February 8. She was besides readying connected competing successful the super-G and the caller squad combined lawsuit astatine the Games.

Women’s skiing astatine the Olympics volition beryllium held successful Cortina d’Ampezzo, wherever Vonn holds the grounds of 12 World Cup wins.

Vonn was besides readying connected racing a super-G successful Crans-Montana connected Saturday successful what would person been her last contention earlier the Games.

Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. earlier being airlifted to the infirmary

Vonn had registered the fastest clip astatine the archetypal checkpoint and past landed a leap disconnected balance, lifting her near limb and rod precocious into the aerial successful an effort to regain her balance. Then, arsenic she tried to brake, Vonn got spun astir and ended up successful the nets.

Vonn was the sixth racer to start, and 2 different skiers had besides crashed earlier her: Nina Ortlieb of Austria and Marte Monsen of Norway.

Ortlieb crashed connected apical successful the aforesaid country arsenic Vonn, and Monsen deed the nets conscionable earlier the decorativeness country and had to beryllium taken distant successful a sled. The contention was delayed aft some of those crashes. But past 2 racers – Wiles and Corrine Suter, the Olympic champion, completed their runs.

Romane Miradoli of France, who did implicit her run, said visibility was an issue, with snowfall falling.

“You can’t see,” Miradoli said, “and it’s bumpy everywhere.”

Asked if it was dangerous, Miradoli added, “We conscionable couldn’t spot well.”

Vonn has had galore crashes successful her career. One of her worst was astatine the 2013 satellite championships successful Schladming, Austria, during a super-G that was besides held successful hard conditions. Vonn past had to beryllium airlifted disconnected the people and tore isolated her close knee. She returned the pursuing season, got wounded again and missed the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

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