Issues took a scary flip at Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada, when two-time Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn took a nasty spill throughout a run on Friday.
The 33-year-old — who had the second-best qualifying time coming into the Ladies’s World Cup season opener Friday — worn out and went arduous into the barrier netting.
Right here’s the video:
Vonn appeared okay after nasty crash. #fisalpine pic.twitter.com/xLQEOc8mI9
— max_ski (@max_ski) December 1, 2017
Ouch.
Regardless of the arduous hit, the American appeared to not be too badly harm, making her approach down the hill on her personal energy. Later within the day, she responded to the incident on Twitter.
Effectively that harm… had a pleasant lead the entire approach down however caught my inside ski. That’s ski racing although! I’ll be sore tomorrow however will relaxation up tonight and barring something main I shall be racing. Can’t hold me down! Congrats on the rostrum immediately too👏🏻 https://t.co/Kh0n4UGEkr
— lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) December 1, 2017
What makes the entire ordeal so regarding for the skier is her latest damage historical past. Actually, she is trying to return to the Winter Olympics in 2018 after lacking the 2014 Olympics with a knee damage.
