Lindsey Vonn crashes, limps away at final pre-Olympics run

VIDEO SHOWS: STILL PHOTOS OF LINDSEY VONN AND MARTE MONSEN AFTER CRASHES DURING A WORLD CUP DOWNHILL EVENT IN CRANS-MONTANA SHOWS: CRANS-MONTANA, SWITZERLAND (JANUARY 30, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 1. VARIOUS (2) OF AMERICAN ALPINE SKI RACER LINDSEY VONN BEING AIRLIFTED AFTER CRASH 2. VARIOUS (3) OF NORWEGIAN ALPINE SKI RACER MARTE MONSEN CRASHING ON HER RUN 3. VARIOUS (3) OF MONSEN RECEIVING SUPPORT FOR HER INJURIES 4. VONN ON HER SKI RUN 5. VONN IS HELPED BY MEDICS AFTER HER INJURY 6. VONN WINCES AFTER HER INJURY 7. COACH OF LINDSEY VONN, AKSEL LUND SVINDAL, AFTER VONN'S CRASH STORY: U.S. Alpine ski great Lindsey Vonn was taken to hospital for checks after she crashed out on Friday (January 30) of the last women's World Cup downhill before the Milano Cortina Olympics, with the gold medal favourite in obvious discomfort after she got back on her skis.     Organisers cancelled the race in worsening conditions with snow falling and Vonn, leader of the downhill standings, the sixth and last of those out of the start hut.     The 41-year-old, in winning form as she prepared for an age-defying Olympic comeback next week, lost her balance and crashed into the side netting, with her airbag inflating.      "She has some pain so it's better to have some checks, the physio did some checks they seemed OK but there were things he was not 100% sure so it was good to have it checked (at the hospital)," two-time Olympic champion Aksel Lund Svindal, Vonn's coach this season, told Reuters.       Vonn was able to get back up on her skis after getting out of the side netting but was seemingly in pain from her left leg, stopping at one point to clutch her knee.     She was comforted at the finish by teammate Jacqueline Wiles.     Three of the first six skiers down the piste, shortened due to weather conditions with snow falling steadily, crashed.      Austrian Nina Ortlieb was able to ski away but Norway's Marte Monsen was less fortunate.     Clutching her knees after being freed from the netting, Monsen was strapped into a stretcher and carried away with a bloodied face.      The first training run for the women's Olympic downhill is scheduled for Wednesday. (Production: Joseph Andrews)

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