Lindsey Vonn sat out a World Cup super-G race Saturday after crashing and injuring her left knee a day earlier, however stays on observe for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, her coach revealed.
“No, she shouldn’t be racing right now however making ready for Cortina as standard,” Chris Knight, Vonn’s private head coach, stated in a textual content message. Vonn then posted on Instagram: “Sadly, I received’t be capable of race right now. Thanks for the entire love and assist I’ve acquired. Means the world to me. Doing my finest proper now …”
Vonn crashed in a downhill in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Friday and ended up within the security nets. After snowboarding right down to the underside of the course, she was airlifted away for medical consideration. It nonetheless wasn’t clear what her harm was.
“I crashed right now within the downhill race in Switzerland and injured my left knee. I’m discussing the scenario with my docs and workforce and can proceed to endure additional exams,” Vonn wrote on Instagram on Friday.
Vonn, a 41-year-old American, is anticipated to be one of many largest stars of the Winter Video games, which open subsequent Friday. Her first race comes two days later within the ladies’s downhill.
Saturday’s super-G was slated to be her closing race earlier than the Video games.
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