Lindsey Vonn will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics despite ‘completely ruptured’ ACL injury
By Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN
(CNN) — American skiing superstar Lindsey Vonn will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina despite suffering a serious knee injury in a crash on Friday.
Vonn had said in a recent Instagram post that her “Olympic dream is not over” and the 41-year-old’s confirmation at Tuesday’s press conference in the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium will have Team USA fans breathing a sigh of relief ahead of the Games.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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