Just yesterday, Vonn clocked the third-fastest time in the second downhill training session, The Guardian reported — but this all changed this afternoon.
Making her way down the slopes, Vonn clipped one of the flags and came crashing down.
The live coverage of the devastating scenes saw medics rush to her aid as the American athlete was screaming out in pain.
The crowd, her teammates, and competitors were stunned into silence, and they waited with bated breath to see if Vonn got back up.
Worryingly, she didn’t and was airlifted off to hospital.
BBC Sport noted that Vonn was not actually lifted into the helicopter and remained dangling off the aircraft on a rope, something which the news outlet’s reporter suggested was a really bad sign, as Vonn might have been too injured to be safely hoisted into the helicopter.People have since taken to Twitter to share their heartbreak about Vonn’s injury and hearing her in pain.
