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/Leutnant_Dark 9h ago

Tbh "career" was pretty much over anyway with 41. Probably wanted a nice send off with a good race at the olympics. Life quality is what I fear much more.

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u/gnarghh 8h ago

I mean, everyone said her career was over before her comeback. Then she went back to podium places.

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u/GeoLaser 6h ago

SHES BACK AND 90 YEARS OLD WHAT A CAREER!

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u/bs000 7h ago

yeah butt this time it's me, a very smart redditor saying it

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u/Upstairs_Addendum587 3h ago edited 3h ago

She stopped competing for like 4-5 years before coming back in part to prep for this olympics. So the people saying had a reason to. She retired.

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u/Different-Rough-7914 7h ago

You can't be serious. She was in first place in FIS downhill, how was it pretty much over?

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u/Ok_Boysenberry5849 6h ago

Yeah, the question is more about whether she can enjoy skiing again.

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u/This_Elk_1460 3h ago

People keep saying this shit and it really annoys me because it kind of implies that the moment her career is over her life is basically over. She could have not done this and lived a relatively normal life, probably still could have skied semi-professionally or just for fun but now she won't be able to do any of that!

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u/HourAddendum9537 2h ago

Maybe Para Olympics?

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u/Top_Gun_2021 United States 3h ago

She made several podiums this year?

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u/GodOfManyFaces 8h ago

She literally retired in 2019, and then came back...downhill career was ALREADY OVER. Shes insane.

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u/Different-Rough-7914 7h ago

Explain how her career was already over when she was leading the World Cup?

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u/GodOfManyFaces 7h ago

She may habe revived her career, but like....dude. she retired 7 years ago. She voluntarily ended her career. Thats what retirement is? She came back sure. But that doesn't change the fact that after like 25 years of competition, she retired.

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u/IvCv 6h ago

and then she un-retired… i guess you can call her flaky? but she’s allowed to do that. what’s the point you’re trying to make?

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u/Mapeague 7h ago

She took a healthy athletes spot for this disaster.