New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Nearly a week after her serious knee injury, Lindsey Vonn's hopes for Olympic downhill skiing at Milano Cortina 2026 ended when she crashed out of the race on Sunday, 8 February.

After hitting a gate, the legendary skier shouted in pain as she fell, and the crowd fell silent for a minute, while her coach, Aksel Lund Svindal, watched with concern. The race was paused for over 10 minutes before Vonn was airlifted to a hospital for medical care.

"It's hard to believe. We just hope she will be ok," Vonn's sister Karin Kildow told NBC.

On January 30, the US Alpine skiing legend experienced a ruptured ACL, bone bruising, and meniscal damage during the Crans-Montana downhill, which was later cancelled, according to the Ol...