Just 13 seconds into her final run in Cortina, northern Italy, the 41-year-old American crashed on the piste, having clipped a slalom flag while mid-air.
Lindsey Vonn has suffered a devastating crash in the women’s downhill skiing final at the Winter Olympics.
The 41-year-old American ruptured her ACL in a crash at a World Cup race in Switzerland on 30 January but was determined to compete at the Olympics nevertheless.
