14 DAY TRIAL // In February this year, Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn crashed in a race in Austria, shattering her knee. After surgery and until just now, her recovery has been spectacular, with Vonn even saying some days ago that she and her doctor agreed that she was 100% recuperated.
Training in Vail just hours ago, Vonn crashed once more, as USA Today reports in the video below. This comes just days before she was supposed to compete for the first time since February.
The incident took place at Copper Mountain in Colorado, with word of it spreading quickly on social media after fans gathered to get a shot of the skier were stunned to see her carried out on a sled after crashing.
However, Vonn wasn’t taken to the hospital, but she was seen by her longtime doctor Bill Sterett in Vail. No word yet on her condition but, with just 78 days to go until the Sochi Olympics in Russia, when she’s supposed to compete, her fans are praying the crash was nothing serious.
Keep an eye on this space for updates.