Senior officials at the Winter Olympics have defended Lindsey Vonn’s decision to compete in Sunday’s downhill just nine days after rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) - with the skiing great’s horror crash described as “a one in 1000” accident.
Vonn’s shoulder clipped a gate just seconds into her run at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre, with the 41-year-old crashing hard and left screaming in agony on the slope before being airlifted to hospital. The American has since undergone surgery on a leg fracture.
