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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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