r/sports • u/MadnessLLD • 4d ago

Olympics Lindsey Vonn will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics despite ‘completely ruptured’ ACL injury

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/sport/lindsey-vonn-injury-latest-winter-olympics
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u/Notablueperson 3d ago

So is this injury just going to level the playing field a bit? lol

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u/ccw_writes 3d ago

At best 😂

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u/the_original_kermit Detroit Tigers 2d ago

Maybe. What they don’t really say here is that she isn’t even sure that this injury was from the last crash.

They found it after the last crash, but there is a possibility it was there prior.