Little has been reported about what exactly happened in Lindsey Vonn‘s training crash one week ago. The extent of eyewitness accounts came from a high school skier from Lake Placid, N.Y., who posted a photo on Twitter.
U.S. Ski Team coach Alex Hoedelmoser provided more details Tuesday, saying Vonn was traveling close to 60 mph in Copper Mountain, Colo., when she crashed and partially tore the ACL she previously blew out in February.
“It was just a normal downhill fall,” Hoedelmoser, who saw the crash, said Tuesday, according to the Denver Post. “It was a big turn, a little bit of a compression turn, but nothing out of the ordinary. The challenge was that it was a sunny day, and that gate was in the shade, so it was kind of hard to see.”
Hoedelmoser is not sure when Vonn will return to competition, according to the newspaper.
“It totally depends on however she is feeling, and when we get the medical clearance,” Hoedelmoser said. “I’m not the doctor, so I can’t really estimate on that.”
Vonn has “an eye at racing in Lake Louise,” Alberta, next week, according a statement from her publicist last week.
Working hard in therapy today. Making progress! #IWILL #sochi2014 #workinghard http://t.co/yb2PyWnndN
— lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) November 26, 2013
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