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Vonn fractures leg, undergoes surgery

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Lindsey Vonn underwent surgery after suffering a displaced fracture to her left leg in a crash during the women's downhill at the Milano‑Cortina Winter Olympics.

Le Monde
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Le Monde
Winter Olympics video: A heavy fall sidelines Lindsey Vonn from competition

Despite a previous knee injury, the American athlete fell during the women's downhill event before being evacuated by helicopter.

Winter Olympics video: A heavy fall sidelines Lindsey Vonn from competition
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Der Spiegel
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Drama in the downhill: After 13 seconds everything changes for Lindsey Vonn

Speed Queen Vonn must be taken by helicopter to the hospital. German Emma Aicher misses out on the gold by a hair.

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Live blog Olympics 2026: Langenhan wins Germany's first gold

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Tragedy instead of a heroine's epic: Lindsey Vonn crashes in the Olympic downhill hard – her fellow American Breezy Johnson wins

The skier had returned to win another Olympic title. Competing with a torn ACL, Vonn is injured again. The American Johnson takes Olympic gold, following her World Championship title.

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Der Standard
Breezy Johnson: Olympic champion and world champion — without a World Cup victory

Four years ago on the Tofana, her dream of a second Olympic appearance burst. Now she won the biggest race the sport of skiing has to offer.

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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Olympics: Lindsey Vonn's heavy fall on the Mountain of Fate

She wanted to wow the world one more time—and it went wrong: Lindsey Vonn experiences that her body is too weak after a knee injury during her devastating crash in Cortina. Her career-ending moment becomes a tragedy.

Olympics: Lindsey Vonn's heavy fall on the Mountain of Fate
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Süddeutsche Zeitung
Heavy crash at the Olympics: Lindsey Vonn's drama on the Mountain of Destiny

She wanted to dazzle the world once more—and it went wrong: during her devastating Cortina accident, she found herself too weak after a knee injury and broke her left leg.

Heavy crash at the Olympics: Lindsey Vonn's drama on the Mountain of Destiny
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