Injured Lindsey Vonn to skip Sochi Olympics
Lindsey Vonn is going to skip the Sochi Olympics because of an injury to her right knee.
Her personal publicist, Lewis Kay, said in a statement Tuesday that Vonn “will have surgery shortly.”
The 29-year-old American won two medals at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, including a gold in the downhill. She is also a four-time overall World Cup champion and the biggest name in Alpine skiing.
But Vonn tore two ligaments in her right knee during a high-speed crash at the world championships last February, sidelining her for about 10 months. She re-tore her surgically repaired ACL in a training crash in November, then sprained her MCL during a race at Val d’Isere, France, last month.
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