{"id":266081,"date":"2026-01-30T22:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/266081\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T22:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:07:08","slug":"skier-lindsey-vonn-injured-in-crash-days-before-2026-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/266081\/","title":{"rendered":"Skier Lindsey Vonn Injured in Crash Days Before 2026 Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOlympic skier Lindsey Vonn<\/a>\u2018s highly anticipated comeback may be over before it begins.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 41-year-old ski legend crashed during her final World Cup downhill race Friday in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, just one week before the Feb. 6 start of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Vonn lost control landing a jump and became entangled in safety nets, receiving medical attention for five minutes before gingerly skiing to the finish line, visibly favoring her left knee.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe race was canceled following Vonn\u2019s accident due to poor visibility. She was airlifted by helicopter to receive further medical evaluation, leaving her Olympic participation uncertain.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI know she hurt her knee, I talked to her,\u201d International Ski and Snowboard Federation CEO Urs Lehmann told ESPN<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s really heavy and [if] she won\u2019t miss the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tVonn\u2019s return from retirement has been one of the marquee storylines for the U.S. Olympic team heading into the Games. She joins fellow American Mikaela Shiffrin as the headliners for the U.S. alpine skiing squad. Vonn\u2019s potential absence could also significantly impact Olympic coverage by network broadcasters who had featured her comeback narrative prominently in promotional coverage.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe skiing legend initially retired in 2019 after persistent knee injuries but announced her return in 2024, undergoing a partial knee replacement to extend her career. She ranks second all-time in World Cup victories with 84 wins, trailing only fellow American Shiffrin\u2019s record 108.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is a very difficult outcome one week before the Olympics\u2026but if there\u2019s one thing I know how to do, it\u2019s a combeback,\u201d she wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\n\tVonn won Olympic gold in downhill and bronze in super-G at the 2010 Vancouver Games, adding another bronze at Pyeongchang 2018. She also captured four overall World Cup titles and eight world championship medals during her decorated career.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 2026 Milan Cortina Games run through Feb. 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn\u2018s highly anticipated comeback may be over before it begins. The 41-year-old ski legend crashed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,139242,105,139243],"class_list":{"0":"post-266081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-lindsey-vonn","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-winter-olympics-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}