Lindsey Vonn Injured While Training
Lindsey Vonn's ski racing career is one the aspects of her life that she truly enjoy. However, she got injured while she was training at at Copper Mountain, Colo., on Tuesday morning, Nov. 19.
It is not clear whether she would compete in the next winter games, Us Weekly reported. Tom Kelly, the US Ski Team spokesman confirmed to Us Weekly that Vonn had sustained an injury during practice.
This is pretty serious considering that she's coming back from a serious knee injury. She tore her ACL and MCL in her right knee as well as fractured her tibia in a brutal crash in Austria last February 5. This time she was not admitted to a hospital but was evaluated by Bill Sterett, her long-time doctor.
"Lindsey did crash in downhill training today at the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center at Copper Mountain," Kelly added said. "She is being evaluated to determine if there are any injuries, as is standard procedure. We'll have a report once we know more."
Vonn has said that this season the Sochi Olympics would be her priority. The women's downhill in Sochi is on Feb. 12 next year.
"I would love to win as many World Cups as possible but my main focus is definitely on the Olympics," she said to USA Today before the season. "If I start off slow, it's fine I just want to make sure that by the time I get to Sochi that I'm 100% in those events."
Sterret, her long-time doctor, said that it's not easy for him to watch Vonn race.
"What makes her and most of the girls on the team unique is they're so driven and they have such short memories," Sterett told USA TODAY Sports recently. "If you or I fell the way she fell and then somehow that same year, you were in a starting gate and had to go 70 miles down a hill out there with nothing but Lycra on and a helmet, you'd be a little scared. They have no fear. They don't remember the fall, all they remember is winning."
For Vonn, it's all about the challenge.
"Winning is always a great feeling," she said. "But it's mostly about the challenge, putting everything on the line. It's kind of addicting."