Dan WolkenSenior writer Sun, February 8, 2026 at 12:10 PM UTC·5 min read LIVIGNO, Italy – It was devastating to watch, even more brutal to hear. For a nation that had become enraptured in Lindsey Vonn’s comeback story and the norm-defying attempt to win an Olympic medal without an ACL in her left knee, the helpless cries of pain as she lay on her back and the mountain fell silent will be hard to erase from memory.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Downhill skiing is often breathtaking. It is sometimes gruesome. And for the second time in nine days, the images of an American sports heroine being strapped to a board and lifted into a helicopter churned the stomach. But that’s skiing...
