Vonn Crashes Out of World Championships
Vonn Crashes Out of World Championships
Published : 06-Feb-2013 10:32
Lindsey Vonn will be out of ski race action for the remainder of the season after crashing out of the Super-G at the start of the Alpine Ski World Championships in Schladming, Austria yesterday afternoon.
The American ski superstar who is a four-time Alpine World Cup champion and is the current Olympic Downhill skiing champion was airlifted from the course and was said to have a "complex torn ligament knee injury" by doctors although she is not having immediate surgery.
Training on Monday had been cancelled due to heavy snowfall and the start of the race on Tuesday was reported to have been postponed 13 times due to poor conditions including failing light.
The U.S. team's website reported that while Vonn will be out for the rest of this season they expect she will return in time for the 2013-14 World Cup circuit and the Sochi Olympics in a year's time.
The next Alpine World Championships in two years time are due to be staged in Vonn's home resort of Vail/Beaver Creek.
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