How Lindsey Vonn can compete with a ruptured ACL
Lindsey Vonn wiped out in a downhill race on January 30. She got up limping, then was airlifted from the course. The diagnosis: a ruptured ACL — a season-ending injury for most.
Vonn, 41, who is set to be the oldest Alpine skier to race at a Winter Olympics, has an extensive history of knee injuries and surgeries, including two prior ACL injuries. Dr. Martin Roche, a surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery, says Vonn’s first injuries date back to the beginning of her professional career in the 2000s.
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