Lindsey Vonn, racing on a badly injured left knee, crashed early within the Olympic downhill Sunday and was taken off the course in a helicopter after the 41-year-old American obtained medical consideration for a number of minutes.
Vonn had mentioned medaling within the ladies’s downhill Sunday would “be the perfect comeback I’ve accomplished to this point,” and he or she appeared noticeably upset after the crash. Followers had been, too. Watch her crash within the downhill competitors above.
Vonn had yet another scheduled race forward of her — the super-G on Thursday. Sunday’s crash could finish her 2026 Olympic dream. In case you missed her accomplished coaching runs, take a look at these within the gamers under.
Watch Vonn’s second coaching run from Saturday
Watch Vonn’s first coaching run from Friday
When are you able to watch Lindsey Vonn compete on the Olympics?
February 8 — Girls’s Downhill Last: The ladies’s downhill remaining begins at 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
Vonn’s participation within the remaining is contingent on her with the ability to begin no less than one of many coaching classes.
February 12 — Girls’s Tremendous-G: The ladies’s Tremendous-G remaining begins at 5:30 a.m. Thursday.
See the complete Olympics schedule right here.
The best way to watch Alpine Snowboarding on the 2026 Olympics
Alpine Snowboarding at Milan Cortina 2026 will air on NBC New York and USA Community. Streaming will probably be out there on Peacock, NBCOlympics.com and on the NBC Olympics app.
The best way to watch Lindsey Vonn on the 2026 Olympics
Vonn, who received gold within the downhill and bronze within the Tremendous-G in 2010, plus one other bronze in downhill in 2018, is competing in two occasions, if her damage permits her to.
Listed here are the occasions you may anticipate to see Vonn on the 2026 Olympic Winter Video games (all occasions ET).
The place will Alpine Snowboarding occasions be held on the Milan Cortina Olympics?
There are two venues for alpine snowboarding on the 2026 Winter Olympics: the Tofane Alpine Snowboarding Centre and Stelvio Ski Centre.
The previous is positioned in Cortina and can host the ladies’s occasions. It’s a common cease on the FIS Ski World Cup tour. All races will probably be held on the Olympia delle Tofane slope.
The boys’s occasions will probably be held on the Stelvio slope in Bormio — probably the most tough slopes on this planet for Alpine skiers and a few gradients reaching 63% (twice the steepness of a mean run for a leisure skier).
Vonn beforehand shared that she has blended emotions in regards to the new system and the way the women and men are in numerous spots for the Milan Cortina Olympic Video games.
“I imply, I’m in Cortina, so there’s actually nothing to complain about. I’m very completely happy being right here. It’s probably the most lovely locations on this planet. However it’s unhappy to not be nearer to extra of your teammates, not simply in ski racing, however in any sport,” mentioned Vonn, who plans to race depite a torn ACL in her left knee.
“Salt Lake Metropolis was my favourite Olympics as a result of we had been all so shut to one another. Nearly everybody was within the Olympic Village in Salt Lake and that is fairly completely different,” mentioned Vonn, referring to the 2002 Video games. “A variety of the ladies (teammates) had been speaking about wanting to observe hockey, but it surely’s tough. … Clearly you may’t select that geography and the place the mountains are, however I feel it will have been extra enjoyable if we had been all nearer.”
