Lindsey Vonn Forced To Wait As First Women’s Winter Olympics Downhill Training Cancelled

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Lindsey Vonn has been forced to hold for her chance to trial her injured knee aft dense snowfall forced nan cancellation of nan first women’s downhill training at nan Winter Olympics.

The American skiing icon was owed to return portion successful Thursday morning’s training convention successful Cortina d’Ampezzo arsenic she attempts to compete astatine nan 2026 Games pinch a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament successful her near knee.

But she will person to hold until astatine slightest Friday aft Milan-Cortina organisers announced nan first convention had been shelved “due to nan ongoing snowfall and nan forecast for tomorrow [Thursday]”.

Cortina was group to big 3 downhill training sessions up of nan title connected Sunday which opens nan women’s alpine skiing astatine nan Olympics.

“With nan upwind I deliberation I’m judge we’ll expect immoderate delays aliases changes complete nan adjacent fewer days,” News Zealand’s Alice Robinson told reporters conscionable earlier Thursday’s convention was shelved.

“I deliberation everyone that’s present has knowledgeable that rather a batch conscionable looking astatine nan snow. But I’m judge it’s going to beryllium bully travel title day. They ever do a awesome occupation present truthful pinch nan caller snowfall I’m judge it’s going to beryllium good.”

Vonn insisted connected Tuesday that she will compete for medals successful Cortina moreover aft her injury, which she suffered while crashing retired of past week’s World Cup downhill successful Crans-Montana. The 41-year-old came retired of status successful November 2024 aft persistent symptom led to room to partially switch her correct knee earlier that year.

Earlier her coach said he was assured that nan American skiing awesome tin beryllium competitory astatine nan Olympics. “I’m beautiful assured that she tin still propulsion disconnected this dream,” Chris Knight said. “I’ve sewage nary doubts successful my mind that this is going to beryllium OK.”