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02/07 05:20 CST Lindsey Vonn completes another training run and ready to race
Olympic downhill on injured knee
Lindsey Vonn completes another training run and ready to race Olympic downhill
on injured knee
By ANDREW DAMPF
AP Sports Writer
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) --- Lindsey Vonn wrapped up her second successful
training run in a row Saturday and appears ready to go for gold in the Milan
Cortina Olympics downhill at the age of 41, little more than a week after
rupturing the ACL of her left knee.
The American crossed in third position, 0.37 seconds behind leader and teammate
Breezy Johnson, and pumped her fist after seeing the result.
"All good," Vonn told The Associated Press.
Vonn is preparing to race the downhill on Sunday with a large brace covering
her injured knee. She had a partial titanium replacement inserted in her right
knee in 2024 and then returned to ski racing last season after nearly six years
of retirement. She crashed during the final World Cup downhill before the
Olympics, raising the possibility that she would end not just her season but
her career.
Instead, she has been steadfast in saying she would ski at the Olympics if at
all possible and, after a training run was canceled Thursday, hit the Olympia
delle Tofana downhill course on Friday and Saturday with the other racers. She
placed 11th in Thursday's training, though the times mean nothing since the
athletes do not always go all in.
Vonn holds the record of 12 World Cup wins in Cortina.
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