Lindsey Vonn will not start Sunday in a World Cup super-G, one day after injuring her back in a race.
Lindsey Vonn will not start Sunday in a World Cup super-G, one day after injuring her back in a race.
« Unfortunately I will not be able to race today, » Vonn wrote on her Twitter account 45 minutes before the scheduled start.
« I am extremely disappointed but my biggest goal this season is the Olympics, » said the American star, who won the downhill title at the 2010 Vancouver Games but missed the 2014 Sochi Games due to injury.
Vonn jarred her back Saturday early in a World Cup super-G on the same St. Moritz course, and completed the race in obvious pain in 24th place.
Late Saturday on Twitter, she described the injury as « an acute facet (spinal joint) dysfunction, » though she did not need an MRI.
Vonn added Sunday: « I need to take care of myself now so I can be ready for next week, and more importantly, for February. »
The Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea are staged Feb. 9-25.
Fog and strong winds high on the mountain had already forced race organizers Sunday to shorten the scheduled race and use a lower start gate. The 10:30 a.m. local time (0930 GMT) start was later pushed back to 11:30 a.m. (1030 GMT).
