Lindsey Vonn breaks leg in downhill crash at Winter Olympics

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Olympics-alpine skiing-Vonn has surgery on broken leg after horror crash in Cortina downhill
By Alan Baldwin, Sara Rossi and Cristina Carlevaro CORTINA D'AMPEZZO/TREVISO, Italy, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. ski great Lindsey Vonn had surgery on a broken leg in an Italian hospital after her audacious bid to win Olympic downhill gold with a ruptured knee ligament ended in a horrific crash after 13 seconds on Sunday.

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Olympic Women's Alpine Skiing Results, 2026 Medal Winners for Downhill After Lindsey Vonn's Crash
U.S. ski star Lindsey Vonn is in 'stable condition' after crash in Olympic downhill
Alpine skiing-Johnson wins downhill after big crash for teammate Vonn
World champion Breezy Johnson won the women's downhill to secure the U.S. team's first medal of the Milano Cortina Olympics on Sunday, but her pride was mingled with pain after teammate Lindsey Vonn c...

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Lindsey Vonn injured, in stable condition after crash in Olympic women’s downhill
Ski legend Lindsey Vonn's leg is BROKEN after brave Olympic comeback ended in horror crash and airlift to hospital
Alpine skiing-Vonn says she has already won, whatever happens on Sunday
"Tomorrow one last Olympic downhill run," she posted on Instagram on Saturday after setting the third fastest time in final training despite having her left knee in a brace to support a ruptured anter...

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Reports: Lindsey Vonn fractured leg in Olympic downhill crash, had surgery
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Robert Redford's character in 1969 film 'Downhill Racer' still resonates with American ski racers

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