2026-02-08T06:07:00-0500 / CBS新闻
美国滑雪运动员林赛·沃恩在周日的冬奥会速降比赛开始几秒后发生碰撞，她一周前在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的世界杯赛事中左膝前交叉韧带（ACL）已撕裂，但仍决定参赛。
这位41岁的美国人在2026年冬奥会复出参赛，此前她已确认左膝ACL完全撕裂，但表示有信心借助护膝完成比赛。
比赛开始仅几秒，沃恩似乎碰到了赛道旁的标志旗，失控侧翻后头部着地。她尚有反应但无法起身，医疗人员将其抬上担架并直升机运送离场。
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美国队在声明中称：”沃恩的右滑雪杖缠住了旗门，导致她失去平衡失控。”
摔倒后，有人听到沃恩尖叫自己无法脱下滑雪靴。
沃恩的家人在场边观赛，包括父亲艾伦·基尔多，当女儿接受治疗时他低头注视地面。包括史努比·狗狗在内的观众默默注视着这位传奇选手被抬离赛场——这里承载着她无数美好回忆。
来自德克萨斯州奥斯汀的托马斯·普朗斯基在现场观赛，赛后告诉CBS新闻：”希望她没事，情况看起来很糟。我们看到她重重摔倒，我为她祈祷…她是我来这儿的重要原因，她克服逆境的复出故事太不可思议了…我自己也撕裂过ACL，知道这种伤有多痛，再次希望她平安。”
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托马斯的母亲玛丽亚·普朗斯基因膝盖受伤仍坚持带伤观赛（当天为生日），她对CBS新闻表示：”为她的膝盖伤感到难过…可怜的孩子，我为她祈祷。”
另一位美国队滑雪选手杰奎琳·怀尔斯（周日比赛获第四名）的表妹克里斯塔·科舍表示：”看到队友被抬离山坡太令人心碎了。林赛和杰奎琳多年搭档，师徒情谊深厚，她的倒下对所有人都是考验，但我们仍祝她康复顺利。”
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来自犹他州帕克城的退役滑雪选手查尔斯·克里斯蒂安森称这是”绝对的心痛时刻”。
“所有人都来为美国队加油，尤其庆祝林赛的辉煌生涯。这太令人心碎，但她本就该如此——明知风险仍勇往直前。出发时的决心令人震撼，她全力冲刺，从未动摇目标。这就是她的风格，也证明了她对这项运动的重要性。我们只能祈祷，这太打击人了。”
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赛前美国队官员曾透露，沃恩在比赛中发生严重碰撞是他们最担心的情况。考虑到她的影响力和励志故事，比赛中被直升机运离赛场的画面正是他们最不愿见到的。
2019年退役前，沃恩曾带着撕裂的外侧副韧带、三次胫骨骨折和骨挫伤仍获铜牌。她现在佩戴钛合金膝关节（但此次受伤关节非钛合金部位）。
“能参加本届奥运会是场旅程，有人从一开始就不相信。”沃恩周六晚间社交媒体发文，”我退役6年，因部分膝关节置换术获得最后一次参赛机会。但为什么？所有人都问我。答案很简单——我热爱滑雪。
“我对赛场外的生活不迷茫，不寻求意义、关注或金钱。我清楚自己是谁，清楚自己的本质。”
周六训练赛中，沃恩仅次于队友布里齐·约翰逊，以第三快成绩完成训练（因天气恶劣部分选手未完成）。
“这是次不错的训练，”沃恩教练阿克塞尔·伦德·斯温达尔表示，”明天是奥运会速降赛，姑娘们会拼尽全力。林赛需要更快速度，但她还有潜力。”
约翰逊以1分36秒多的成绩完成训练，排名在沃恩之前。
Lindsey Vonn crashes out in downhill race at Milano Cortina Games after rupturing ACL
2026-02-08T06:07:00-0500 / CBS News
American skier Lindsey Vonn crashed seconds into her downhill Olympic race on Sunday after she decided to compete despite rupturing her left ACL in a prior crash during a World Cup event in the Swiss Alps a week ago.
The 41-year-old American, who came out of retirement to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics, earlier confirmed that she had fully ruptured her ACL, but said she felt confident she could still complete the race with the help of a knee brace.
Seconds into the race, Vonn lost control after she appeared to clip a flag marking the side of the course, flew sideways in the air and hit her head on the ground. She was responsive but did not get up. Medical personnel put her on a stretcher and airlifted her from the course.
An image of Lindsey Vonn of Team USA crashing on the big screen during the women’s downhill at the Milano Cortina Winter Games. Aleksandra Szmigiel / REUTERS
Vonn’s “right ski pole snagged a gate, jerking her off balance and out of control,” Team USA said in a statement.
After the crash, Vonn could be heard screaming that she wasn’t able to remove her skis.
Vonn had family in the stands, including her father, Alan Kildow, who stared down at the ground while his daughter was being treated. Others in the crowd, including Snoop Dogg, watched quietly as the star skier was finally taken off the course where she had so many fond memories.
Thomas Pronske from Austin, Texas, who was watching the event on the sidelines, told CBS News after the accident: “I hope she’s OK. It did not look good. We saw her take quite a bit of a tumble and I’m praying and wishing for the best for her … She was a very big reason why I was here. It’s just remarkable the comeback story of her overcoming adversity … I’ve torn my ACL myself, I know it’s a painful injury … and again I hope she’s ok.”
Fans react after watching USA’s Lindsey Vonn crashing out during the Women’s Alpine Downhill Skiing at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images
Maria Pronske, Thomas’ mother, who said she was so inspired by Vonn that she had come to see the event with an injured knee herself on her birthday, told CBS News that she “felt awful for her with her knee … Poor thing. I feel so sorry for her. I pray for her too.”
Crista Kosher, the cousin of Jacqueline Wiles, another Team USA skier who came in fourth in Sunday’s race, said it was “absolutely devastating to see her teammate be lifted off the hill.”
“Lindsay and Jacqueline have been racing together for years and years and years now, and they definitely have a mentor-mentee relationship, and seeing her friend go down is really challenging for everyone, but we wish the best for Lindsay and her recovery,” Kosher said.
A mountain rescue helicopter is seen rescuing Lindsey Vonn of Team USA after she crashed during the Women’s Downhill at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre on Feb. 08, 2026, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Ezra Shaw / Getty Images
Charles Christianson, a retired ex-ski racer from Park City, Utah, said the crash was “absolutely heartbreaking.”
“Everyone is here to cheer on the entire American team and especially celebrate Lindsay’s incredible career. This is absolutely heartbreaking, but true to form, Lindsay wouldn’t have it any other way,” Christianson said. “She knew the risks. Ski racers always accept it and you saw the determination when she went out of the gate. She was charging. There was never a doubt in her mind what she was going to do and it was gonna be podium or bust and it goes both ways. So again, the respect of the crowd and everyone here shows how important she’s been to the sport. We’re going to have to see what happens. We wish her the best. But just a gut punch.”
A Team USA supporter looks on after American Lindsey Vonn crashed and was evacuated by helicopter in the women’s downhill event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Stefano RELLANDINI /AFP via Getty Images
Ahead of Sunday’s race, one Team USA official had said that Vonn getting into a bad crash during the race was their biggest fear. Given all the attention on her and her inspiring story, the image of her being airlifted off the course during the race was their worst-case scenario.
Before her retirement in 2019, Vonn had competed with a torn lateral collateral ligament, three tibia fractures and a bone bruise, and still won a bronze medal. She now has one titanium knee, though that’s not the joint that’s currently injured.
“Just getting to these Olympics has been a journey, and one that some did not believe in from the start,” Vonn said in a social media post late Saturday. “I retired for 6 years, and because of a partial knee replacement, I had the chance to compete one more time. But why? Everyone seems to be asking me that question. But I think the answer is simple… I just love ski racing.
“I am not unsure about life outside of sport. I am not searching for meaning or for attention or money. I know exactly who I am and I know exactly what I am made of,” she said.
Vonn had clocked the third-fastest time in a training run on Saturday, ahead of the race — behind her teammate Breezy Johnson — though the run was called off due to bad weather before all the racers had participated.
“I think it’s a good run,” Vonn’s coach, Aksel Lund Svindal, said. “Tomorrow is the race and it’s the Olympics and the girls will push harder. So everyone will probably go faster, meaning Lindsey would also need to go faster. But it’s a solid run, but I think she has one more gear.”
Johnson raced ahead of Vonn and completed the run in just over 1:36.