CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn is hospitalized in Treviso, bedridden and broken, while the Winter Olympics carries on without her. That is the harsh reality of sports, especially at an event as vast as this one. A star goes down, and a galaxy of others fills the vacuum.
Vonn is posting through it, congratulating other Olympians on their performances via social media, while providing updates on her condition. They are not for the faint of heart: a complex fracture of her left leg; three surgeries, with more to come; external stabilization of the leg with a bulky contraption that looks like it might be used to hold up a retaining wall. The recovery will be long.
