"on a rebuilt right knee and a badly injured left knee, ended Sunday in a frightening crash that saw her taken to safety by a rescue helicopter for the second time in nine days. Vonn lost control within moments of leaving the starting gate, clipping a gate with her right shoulder and pinwheeling down the slope before ending up awkwardly on her back, her skis crisscrossed below her and her screams ringing out soon after medical personnel arrived."
"She was treated for long, anguished minutes as a hush fell over the crowd waiting far below at the finish line. She was strapped to a gurney and flown away, possibly ending the skier's storied career. The U.S. Ski Team said later that she is in stable condition. She'll be OK, but it's going to be a bit of a process, said Anouk Patty, chief of sport for U.S. Ski and Snowboard."
""I don't claim to know what she's going through, but I do know what it is to be here, to be fighting for the Olympics, and to have this course burn you and to watch those dreams die, said Johnson, whose injury in Cortina in 2022 ruined hopes of skiing in the Beijing Olympics. I can't imagine the pain that she's going through and it's not the physical pain we can deal with physical pain but the emotional pain is something else.""
Lindsey Vonn attempted the Olympic downhill at age 41 on a rebuilt right knee and a badly injured left knee. She lost control moments after leaving the start, clipped a gate with her right shoulder, pinwheeled down the slope and landed awkwardly on her back with skis crisscrossed. Medical personnel treated her for several anguished minutes as the crowd fell silent. She was strapped to a gurney and flown away by rescue helicopter and is in stable condition, though recovery will be a process, according to U.S. Ski Team officials. Breezy Johnson won the downhill in a bittersweet result for the team.
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