US skiing icon must wait to test injured knee
Coach confident skier will be competitive at Games
Lindsey Vonn has been forced to wait for her chance to test her injured knee after heavy snowfall forced the cancellation of the first women’s downhill training at the Winter Olympics.
The American skiing icon was due to take part in Thursday morning’s training session in Cortina d’Ampezzo as she attempts to compete at the 2026 Games with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.
But she will have to wait until at least Friday after Milan-Cortina organisers announced the first session had been shelved “due to the ongoing snowfall and the forecast for tomorrow [Thursday]”.
