{"id":288812,"date":"2026-02-09T13:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/288812\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:50:12","slug":"lindsey-vonn-airlifted-off-mountain-after-crashing-in-olympic-womens-downhill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/288812\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Vonn airlifted off mountain after crashing in Olympic women\u2019s downhill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lindsey Vonn was airlifted off the mountain after crashing early in her run in the Olympic women\u2019s downhill in Cortina.<\/p>\n<p>The American superstar clipped a gate and somersaulted off the course, leading to an extended delay as she was tended by a team of medics.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old, who won downhill gold in Vancouver in 2010, had been intent on competing despite tearing her ACL in a warm-up race in Crans-Montana just over a week ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"427\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/lindsey-vonn-airlifted-off-mountain-after-crashing-in-olympic-women-s-downhill.jpg\" alt=\"A rescue helicopter arrives after United States\u2019 Lindsey Vonn crashes during an alpine ski women\u2019s downhill race\" data-title=\"Milan Cortina Olympics Alpine Skiing\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved\" data-credit=\"Jacquelyn Martin\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required.\"\/>A rescue helicopter arrives after United States\u2019 Lindsey Vonn crashes during an alpine ski women\u2019s downhill race (Jacquelyn Martin\/AP)<\/p>\n<p>The huge crowd at the Tofane Alpine Centre fell almost silent as Vonn received extended treatment, then broke into cheers as the medical helicopter arrived to whisk her to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Vonn initially retired from the sport in 2019 following a slew of injuries but, after undergoing a partial knee replacement in April 2024, she returned to competition in December of that year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"458\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770645012_80_lindsey-vonn-airlifted-off-mountain-after-crashing-in-olympic-women-s-downhill.jpg\" alt=\"Fans reacts after watching Lindsey Vonn crashing out \" data-title=\"Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics \u2013 Day Two\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Andrew Milligan\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"\/>Fans reacted after watching Lindsey Vonn crashing out (Andrew Milligan\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>She had won two World Cup events this season and been among the favourites for the downhill before her fall in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Vonn had successfully completed two practice runs on the Cortina course on Friday and Saturday, wearing a brace on her injured knee, and her coach Aksel Lund Svindal felt she was in \u201cgood enough\u201d condition to challenge for a medal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lindsey Vonn was airlifted off the mountain after crashing early in her run in the Olympic women\u2019s downhill&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-288812","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}