Lindsey Vonn has completed two training runs before Sunday's downhill event
Veteran skier Lindsey Vonn is an "iconic superhuman athlete" and is "risking everything" by racing with an anterior cruciate ligament injury on Sunday, says former Olympic skier Chemmy Alcott.
American Vonn has completed two impressive Winter Olympics training runs for the downhill event at Olimpia delle Tofane in Cortina, only one week after rupturing her ACL in a crash at a World Cup race in Switzerland.
Vonn, 41, clocked the third-fastest time of the day in another session disrupted by the weather, prompting speculation about what is considered to be a serious injury.
"After two training runs, Lindsey Vonn is pulling the pressure off her left leg but she is still fast," Alcott told BBC Sport.
