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Lindsey Vonn breaks leg in brutal end to fairy-tale comeback at Olympics

Japan Times 09:07 PM UTC Sun February 08, 2026 Sports
Lindsey Vonn breaks leg in brutal end to fairy-tale comeback at Olympics

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Vonn was just 13 seconds into her run in bright sunshine in Cortina d'Ampezzo when she hit a gate on her first jump, lost control, twisted in the air and crumpled in the snow.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); });

The pictures of a stricken Vonn will sadly become some of the defining images of the Milano Cortina Games, where the 41-year-old had insisted she could still win a medal despite skiing with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

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