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Lindsey Vonn not ready to decide if she’ll ski again after Olympics crash
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Lindsey Vonn not ready to decide if she’ll ski again after Olympics crash

Al Jazeera·Al Jazeera·about 1 month ago
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Lindsey Vonn is still recovering physically and emotionally from her frightening crash at the Winter Olympics. For now, the tough decisions about the future can wait. The American ski racer has undergone eight surgeries after suffering a complex left leg fracture – one that nearly led to a leg amputation – in the women’s downhill skiing race on February 8 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. She needs at least one more to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in that same knee. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Man Utd hail Mainoo as one of ‘most naturally gifted’ as 5-year-deal signed list 2 of 4 ‘Win for Kenya’: Marathon record-breaker Sawe returns to hero’s welcome list 3 of 4 Arsenal cruelly denied penalty by VAR in Champions League draw at Atletico list 4 of 4 Sri Lanka’s government ‘temporarily’ takes over cricket board end of list So if the 41-year-old races again — and she’s not ready to make that decision — a return is at least a year and a half away, Vonn told The Associated Press in…

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