When Lindsey Vonn’s ‘scary’ crash happened at the Alpine World Championships in Austria, it was a sight that’s familiar to most skies. But that doesn’t make it any less shocking.
Tina Maze, who eventually won Tuesday’s super-G, saw Vonn’s fall from the bottom of the slope. This was her reaction.
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Vonn’s sister, Laura Kildow, also saw it from below.
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Vonn would later be airlifted to the hospital.
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Per Alex Goldberger of NBC, doctors confirmed a significant ligament injury that will require surgery.