According to the Reddit detectives, her $10M in sponsorship deals was tied up to her actually racing - which at least partially drove her decision.
I just had a knee replacement. Unfortunately I’ve had some complications, but it did not shock me that she returned to competition given her nature. She’s amazing.
She clipped one of the gates. I'm not sure if that was related to her ACL injury or if it was a freak accident. But without a doubt she was taking a great risk.
Many skiers have competed with torn ACLs. It’s just not advertised.
So she advertised it unnecessarily?
St. Paul girl. You know her? Hey, if you get up here to see her during her recuperation, give me a buzz, I'll buy you a beer. One night while cross country skiing at Buck Hill in Burnsville, I inadvertently ended up on the downhill course, so I guess I could say I have skied with Lindsay Vonn. Sad turn of events. She is one tough cookie.
Oh please. You sound triggered. Vonn’s decisions impose zero cost on you or society. She is the one who pays. And I’m sure she can live with it.
Vonn wants to sue the IOC, but she doesn't have a leg to stand on.
She didn’t sound like she was “living with it” when she was screaming in agony on the mountainside and airlifted to the hospital. She actually sounded the opposite of tough. I didn’t cry like that when I broke my femur in a bicycle accident as a fourth grader. (Admittedly I was in too much shock…)
I think she will need a replacement now. An orthopedic expert like @docrugby1 could opine, but we’ll find out sooner or later when she starts her “rehab tour”.
Here's what a lot of us guys miss. It may have been emotional, not physical pain.
…they were asking her to move her leg to take off her ski and she was screaming “I CAN’T!”
Of course she was also in physical pain. She is one extremely competitive individual. Dreams and leg both crushed. Having been a baller, you must recognize this.
Starting to feel like it, although I’m neither as lucky nor good-looking
It’s her call.
Glad to hear he’s doing well. We all met briefly at the MSU 2021 game. What is he thinking about studying in college?
She is 41. In 4 years 45. Sorry but that was not really possible.,Starting to feel like it, although I’m neither as lucky nor good-looking
Reports out of Italy are that Vonn had to have immediate surgery to stabilize her leg after a fracture. So, it wasn’t just ligament and joint damage.
I feel her pain better than most, and wish she would have just made her comeback in 4 years on two healthy knees if she wanted to prove some point.
Recovering from a torn ACL to compete again at 45 may have been feasible. Now it will take her years just to walk normally again.
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Most likely it was indeed physical pain! She is tough, but if she was screaming, her knee is gone.
Agreed, she likely was in physical pain and if her skiis were still on, couldn't move without pain. But, you have made my point--assuming it was her knee, she knew her career was done. 41 years old, and started when she was 3--that's a lot of skiing.
Her leg had to be stabilized via emergency surgery. It’s neither clear if it’s a compound fracture nor if it’s her femur or tibia/fibula.
