CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn stated she is “good” and has only some bruises after falling towards the tip of a World Cup downhill coaching run on Thursday.
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The protecting air bag that the majority downhill skiers put on inflated beneath Vonn’s racing go well with to assist soften her fall. Vonn acquired again up and skied to the end space on the Olympia delle Tofane course however then went inside a tent for remedy. She didn’t break any bones, her workforce stated.
“I’m good,” Vonn told The Associated Press during an interview later in the day at the U.S. team hotel. “I just caught a lot of air off the second-to-last jump and I just landed and my ski kind of caught funny.
“My bum is sore but otherwise I’m good,” she added, indicating that she nonetheless plans to race this weekend.
The 40-year-old Vonn just lately returned to ski racing after practically six years of retirement, with a titanium knee alternative.
So how did her proper knee — the one with the titanium — really feel after the autumn?
“No problem. Titanium doesn’t break,” Vonn stated. “All in all, my titanium knee is holding up a lot better than I think anyone would have expected.”
Final Sunday, Vonn completed fourth in a super-G in St. Anton, Austria.
Vonn holds the file of 12 wins in Cortina, the stage for subsequent 12 months’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.
“Everything’s getting faster and better, and I’m dialing everything in one day at a time, so hopefully I can get on the podium this weekend,” Vonn stated.
One other downhill coaching session is scheduled for Friday earlier than downhill and super-G races Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Vonn has been hurrying to determine her new tools throughout her comeback and she or he broke one among her boots throughout her fall.
“So I don’t know if I’ve to go on a brand new boot tomorrow. I’ve to determine that out,” she stated.
Italians Federica Brignone, Sofia Goggia and Nadia Delago completed 1-2-3 within the coaching session.
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