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Will Lindsey Vonn compete in Sochi?

Will Lindsey Vonn compete in Sochi?

Asked by: Super Userkruijs in Sports » Olympics
Settled on 01/07/2014 19:45 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:Doesn't compete any match Vonn announced early Tuesday morning that she will be unable to participate in the Games, which begin in Sochi, Russia on Feb. 7. Vonn's withdrawal, which came in the form of a press release from her Los Angeles-based publicist, has seemed increasingly inevitable in recent days, a certainty held at bay only by Vonn's long record of winning while in physical distress.

But she had not raced since the Val d'Isere incident, and last week U.S. team coach Alex Hoedlmoser told the Associated Press that Vonn had not been on skis since that race and was considering not competing at all before Sochi. Vonn said that she will soon repeat the ACL surgery and plans to return to competition in 2015.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-olympics/news/20140107/lindsey-vonn-out-sochi-olympics-2014-injured/

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Doesn't compete any match
Competes, but wins no gold medals
Competes, and wins at least one gold medal

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Lindsey Vonn partially tore one of the reconstructed ligaments in her surgically repaired right knee in a training crash that at the very least puts her preparation for the Sochi Olympics on hold.

What is less clear at the moment: when the four-time overall World Cup champion and 2010 Vancouver downhill gold medalist might be able to compete, and how her injuries might affect her Olympic hopes in 2014.

http://espn.go.com/olympics/skiing/story/_/id/10006712/lindsey-vonn-suffers-partial-torn-acl-right-knee

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   Super Userkruijs

Lindsey Vonn has not skied for two weeks and will ‘‘most likely’’ skip next weekend’s World Cup speed races in Austria, her head coach said on Saturday, leaving her status for the Sochi Olympics up in the air.

Vonn remains in the United States after aggravating her surgically repaired right knee at a downhill race in Val d'Isere, France, on Dec. 21.

‘‘She’s recovering and preparing and everything is (up) in the air,’’ U.S. Ski Team women’s head coach Alex Hoedlmoser told The Associated Press on Saturday, adding that Vonn will ‘‘most likely not’’ race in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, next weekend.

http://www.boston.com/2014/01/04/sochi-approaches-injured-vonn-skips-more-races/Jo8ItEMJYxPQe4niirA6BM/story.html

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