CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn stated she was “fantastic” and solely had a number of bruises after falling towards the top of Thursday’s World Cup downhill coaching run.
The protecting airbag that almost all skiers put on is inflated underneath Vonn’s racing swimsuit to cushion her fall. Vonn returned and skied to the end space of the Olympia delle Tofane course, however then entered a therapy tent. She did not break any bones, her staff stated.
“I am fantastic,” Vonn advised The Related Press throughout an interview later within the day on the U.S. staff lodge. “I simply acquired a variety of air from the penultimate bounce and I simply landed and my skis connected bizarre.
“My butt is sore, however in any other case I am fantastic,” she added, indicating she nonetheless plans to compete this weekend.
Vonn, 40, lately returned to ski racing after practically six years in retirement with a titanium knee substitute.
So how’s her proper knee—the one with the titanium—feeling after the autumn?
“No drawback. Titanium does not break,” Vaughn stated. “Total, my titanium knee is holding up rather a lot higher than I believe anybody would count on.”
Vonn additionally revealed to the AP that her plan is to make it to the 2026 Olympics. at Cortina after which to withdraw once more afterwards.
“I might by no means get previous that,” Vonn stated. “It will be a good way to finish issues – as soon as and for all.”
Final Sunday, Vonn completed fourth within the super-G in St. Anton, Austria.
Vonn holds the file of 12 victories in Cortina, the stage for subsequent 12 months’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.
“The whole lot is getting sooner and higher and I am taking every little thing someday at a time, so hopefully I can get on the rostrum this weekend,” Vonn stated.
One other downhill apply is scheduled for Friday earlier than the downhill and super-G races on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
Vaughn was in a rush to determine her new gear throughout her return and he or she broke one in every of her boots throughout her fall.
“So I do not know if I ought to go along with new boots tomorrow. I would like to grasp this,” she stated.
Italy’s Federica Brignone, Sofia Gogza and Nadia Delago completed 1-2-3 in apply.
