Lindsey Vonn is 'confident' she can race at Olympics despite ruptured ACL in left knee
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn has done this before. And succeeded. The 41-year-old American skiing standout is “confident” she can compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics despite a torn ACL from a crash four days ago. Vonn said that the damage to her left knee was a “completely ruptured” ACL, bone bruising “plus meniscal damage. ”After three days of physical therapy and doctors' advice, Vonn tried skiing on Tuesday. She did not appear to be limping as she and...
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