U.S. ski star Lindsey Vonn is in 'stable condition'
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American ski star Lindsey Vonn suffers a horrifying crash while she tried to power through an injury in the alpine ski women's downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
The three-time Olympic skier also called out an opinion piece about her decision to compete with the injury for “ageism”
The emotion of her final Olympic run while also dealing with a torn ACL is starting to hit Lindsey Vonn, who shared a message on social media as she prepares for the women's downhill event on Sunday.
A 22-year-old snowboarder was killed in a "horrific" ski lift accident in Japan over the weekend. Brooke Day, an Australian snowboarder, was killed during a trip to Japan on Friday. She was snowboarding when a freak accident happened on a ski lift up the mountain.
Helmets are now a recommended piece of safety equipment and most wear them, with usage increasing from some 25% of people in 2003 to 90% of people in 2024. People must to realize they may reduce or prevent an injury in a slow-speed crash but have limitations, especially in a high-speed crash with another person or an object.
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Fans' attention at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, which opened on the 6th, has been focused on the "ski queen" Lindsey Vonn, 42 years old, United States, from the early stages. Vonn tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during a World Cup downhill event on the 30th of last month.