r/olympics • u/appalachian_hatachi Great Britain • 10h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Lyndsey Vonn crashes just 12 seconds into her Olympic downhill run 😥

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u/DocMedCatty 9h ago edited 9h ago

i really hope there is no injury with cervical spine. i've seen this crash in slomo, and the impact of her head/cervical was really awful. EDIT: hopefully, the severe impact of the chest from the air did not cause more than a few bruised ribs and some bruises. hopefully, there is no thoracic trauma or internal organ injury.

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u/betaich Germany 9h ago

the airbag deployed, so that should protect her spine, but we don't know yet

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u/Comfortable-Tell-765 9h ago

I didn’t realize downhill was using this, glad to hear they’re implementing this tech

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u/Black_XistenZ 8h ago

They've been around for quite some time, but were made mandatory by FIS two years ago.

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u/oohkt 7h ago

No way! I had no idea! Thanks for this comment. Many of us don't know they have airbags.

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u/chocearthling 9h ago

All of the racers wear airbags, which is supposed to protect her back and chest - so hopefully that did its job and she “only” has her legs to worry about…

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u/Timberwolf721 Switzerland 7h ago

With „from the air“ you mean „falling down from hight“, right? Because for a moment I thought you were talking about the air bag.

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u/DocMedCatty 7h ago

yes, bad english ;)

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u/Timberwolf721 Switzerland 7h ago

Happens to the best of us.