Brutal ending to Vonn’s Olympic dreamAFP, MILAN, ItalyLindsey Vonn on Sunday needed surgery on her broken leg after she crashed out of the Winter Olympics downhill to brutally end the American skiing great’s improbable dream of a medal. In happier scenes, figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin produced a pulsating routine to see off Japan and retain the team title for the US. Malinin will now go for gold in the men’s individual competition later at the Milano Cortina Games. Lindsey Vonn of the US crashes during the women’s downhill at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Sunday. In Tesero, Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Klaebo racked up the sixth Olympic gold medal of his career by taking the skiathlon title.

Source: Taipei Times February 09, 2026 17:14 UTC