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How is Lindsey Vonn skiing on a torn ACL? Why downhill is different than other sports

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — It’s the biggest question in the first days of the Milan Cortina Olympics: How is Lindsey Vonn possibly skiing on a knee with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament? It’s the sort of injury that generally sidelines top athletes for about a year. Vonn was back on the snow within days. On … Read more

Lindsey Vonn, on a torn ACL, completes training run ahead of Olympic downhill

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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — A week after crashing and tearing the most important knee ligament, Alpine skiing’s biggest superstar made it down her first training run at the famed Olympia delle Tofane on Friday, with no apparent issues other than a few slips off the course. After watching her cross the finish line, Vonn’s coach, … Read more