Lindsey Vonn Pulls Out Of Winter Olympics Due To Knee Injury
Posted on Tue Jan 7th, 2014 9:23am PDT By X17 Staff
Well that's bad news!
Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn just announced she will no longer be competing in the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics due to a right knee injury.
"An MRI showed an MCL sprain, which coupled with the torn ACL, has made it impossible to stabilize her knee and be ready to safely ski again next month," said her publicist in a statement this morning.
On Dec. 21 in Val d' Isere, France, Vonn reinjured her right knee. The Olympian has been plagued with knee injuries over the past year -- she tore the anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in her knee last February and then partially tore the same ACL in November. The competition in Val d' Isere was the 29-year-old's second World Cup stop since the injuries.
"Vonn will have surgery shortly and is expected to make a full recovery in time for the 2014/15 World Cup season and the 2015 World Alpine Ski Championships in Vail-Beaver Creek," the statement said.
"In looking ahead, I have every ounce of confidence that Lindsey will be in the starting gate next World Cup season ready to compete," said Bill Marolt, president of the U.S. Skiing and Snowboard Association.
The news is sure to come as quite a blow to the gold medalist. Tiger Woods' main squeeze She has won four overall World Cup championships with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010, and then again in 2012. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vonn came home with the gold medal in downhill skiing. The sports star has also won six consecutive World Cup season titles in the downhill (2008–2013), four consecutive titles in Super G (2009–2012), and three consecutive titles in the combined (2010–2012).
The 2014 Winter Olympics will occur in Sochi, Russia from Feb. 7-23.
