American Olympic alpine skier Lindsey Vonn completed a successful training run on Friday in Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy, after she suffered a “completely” ruptured ACL in a crash last week. Two days before her Olympic race, Vonn, 41, sped down the Olympia delle Tofane course while wearing a large knee brace on her left leg, finishing in 11th place. Upon reaching the bottom, the three-time Olympic medalist, wearing bib #10, shared a hug with her teammate, Breezy Johnson, who placed 9th. Vonn announced on Tuesday that she would not let her knee injury, which she suffered during a World Cup event race in Switzerland on Jan. 30, impact her “Olympic dream” at the Milano Cortina Games. Before her Friday practice run, she shared an Instagram post of herself at the top of the training run slope. “No one would have believed I would be here… but I made it!!“ she captioned the post. ”I’m here, I’m smiling and no matter what, I know how lucky I am. I’m not going to waste this chance 💪🏻.” If all goes well, she is set to become the oldest alpine skier to compete at the Olympics.
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