Lindsey Vonn thanks doctor who ‘saved my leg from being amputated’ after crash
Lindsey Vonn has revealed that she came close to losing her leg after her crash at the Winter Olympics – and thanked the doctor who saved it.
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Lindsey Vonn's rehab progresses to stationary bike
Five weeks after an Olympics crash that nearly led to amputation of her left leg, Lindsey Vonn's rehabilitation has progressed to riding a stationary bike.
Shiffrin extends World Cup overall lead with rare start in super-G
Mikaela Shiffrin moved closer to a sixth career World Cup overall title Sunday by scoring points in a rare start in super-G that her closest rival Emma Aicher did not finish.
Alpine skiing-Pirovano takes downhill double to end Vonn's run at the top
March 7 : Italy's Laura Pirovano completed a stunning World Cup downhill double on home snow on Saturday to oust injured American Alpine ski great Lindsey Vonn from the top of the standings.
Vonn loses lead in World Cup downhill standings as Pirovano wins by 0.01 again
Lindsey Vonn finally lost her lead in the World Cup downhill standings Saturday when Laura Pirovano won at Val di Fassa, Italy, by the smallest margin of 0.01 seconds on back-to-back days.
Alpine skiing-Pirovano takes first downhill win as Aicher closes in on Vonn
March 6 : Italy's Laura Pirovano won a women's Alpine skiing downhill by the slimmest of margins on home snow on Friday as Germany's Emma Aicher closed in on absent American Lindsey Vonn at the top of the World Cup leaderboard in the discipline.
Aicher finishes 2nd in downhill to cut Vonn and Shiffrin leads in World Cup standings
With neither injured Lindsey Vonn nor Mikaela Shiffrin starting a World Cup downhill on Friday in Val di Fassa, Italy, Emma Aicher seized her chance to cut the American superstars' leads in the season-long standings.
Alpine skiing-Suter wins Soldeu downhill, Aicher closes gap to absent Vonn
Feb 27 : Switzerland's Corinne Suter won the first women's downhill after the Milano Cortina Olympics on Friday with Germany's Emma Aicher fourth in Andorra to slash Lindsey Vonn's World Cup lead to 94 points with three races remaining.
Swiss skier Corinne Suter wins 1st downhill race since Olympics
Former Olympic and world downhill champion Corinne Suter won the first World Cup race since the Milano Cortina Games as the chase began Friday for Lindsey Vonn's lead in the discipline standings.