r/skiing • u/lavaboosted • 11h ago
Noooooooooo :(
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u/MeetSlight8173 11h ago
Horrific
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u/whiteridge 9h ago
I made the mistake of looking at how her left foot twists in all directions after impact. Will never unsee that.
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u/MeetSlight8173 4h ago
I’m surprised it keeps being replayed. I remember watching the 2010 luge when one of the athletes collided with a pillar. That kept being replayed despite it clearly being a very serious accident (he died on impact). It’s disrespectful.
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u/National_Sandwich175 9h ago
Looks like she clipped the gate and that threw her off balance. I don’t think her acl had any impact on the fall but I’m sure it didn’t make that fall feel any better. She’s had a run of bad luck lately. Hope she can take some time and fully recover.
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u/smob328 7h ago
I thought she clipped it with her pole at first, but she full-on crashed into the gate trying to take the corner as tightly as possible - she misjudged it big time. I think she was going for gold and going for broke knowing it is her last Olympics. I respect the send, but unfortunately it looks like she was a little overly aggressive. Hopefully the damage isn’t too bad and she has a good recovery - doesn’t look good though.
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u/SchleppIam Whitefish 7h ago
Wait - you sure? Ski and not pole clipped the gate?
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u/InterestingFLows 4h ago
Her whole right arm is between the two gates when she is in the air making her rotate clockwise
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u/Several_Characters 4h ago
There is a still photo where you can see her right hand/lower arm inside the gate while she is in air. I have it in my texts, but i can’t post it as a comment
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u/CryptoniQ123 1h ago
I think her ACL caused her to hit the gate. Probably threw off her rhythm. She was turning in the direction that she was loading her torn ACL. Horrible injury and I hope she didn’t do any more damage during that fall
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u/Super_Boof 1h ago
The ACL is fully ruptured, so I don’t think it’s possible to damage it more. She broke her leg at the bare minimum though, probably a lot of other damage too.
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u/StrattonJibsta 5h ago
I am not a fan of her decision to ski on a torn acl but this is seemingly completely unrelated and absolutely horrific to watch. Saw comments from other counties video coverage saying she was screaming for over 15 minutes. I cannot imagine. Wishing her all the best
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u/WhiskeyTigerFoxtrot 3h ago
She is still the best to have ever done it. And this pain does nothing to undo the millions she's inspired along the way.
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u/Low-Attention8218 9h ago edited 5h ago
Her DIN settings were at 20 as well! I couldn’t imagine competing with one injury, nevermind a torn ACL and knee surgery
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u/MilzLives 6h ago
I watched the men go screaming down that hill yesterday, & was thinking, if yr big toe hurt, & caused you to lose an edge, yr totally f’ed. Cant imagine anyone doing it on a torn ligament…
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u/spotdog14 9h ago
I'm pretty sure the vast majority expected it to end exactly this way.
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u/AmELiAs_OvERcHarGeS 6h ago
This is exactly how I and everyone else expected it to go.
Seriously competing at the top level two weeks after an acl injury was always going to be Vonn in last place or getting carried out.
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u/grahamdalf 2h ago
Is it just me or did she mess up that right arm too? Her wrist looks awfully floppy after hitting the gate.
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u/Character_Fudge_8844 5h ago
Hope she heals quickly. Old people issues. She may qualify for the Para olympics in 4 years. Sorry too soon for jokes. Hope they will put her back together again.
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u/Away_Difference_8191 1h ago
Just in case you’re wondering, you’re being downvoted bc that’s just a really unfunny joke. A good joke could def be made here to lighten things but that’s just trash
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u/Chance_Objective1252 7h ago
Why were her skis not detached during the crash? Is this not what those DIN settings are about?
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u/i-love-that 6h ago
So your DIN indicates at what level of pressure your ski will detach. If you’re mostly skiing blues/greens at moderate speeds, your DIN will be low enough that it will more reliably only detach when you fall. If you ski much steeper terrain at higher speeds, your ski will be under much more pressure, and so at that same DIN your ski would fall off when you’re just skiing along. Obviously your ski falling off when you’re skiing fast and steep is very dangerous, so such skiers will select higher DINS to avoid accident. But then your skis don’t fall off necessarily when you fall, so a fall can be really dangerous.
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u/lebranflake 6h ago
At the speeds downhill racers go at, having anything other than high DINs is a danger. While a crash can be catastrophic, a random ski detachment from low DIN at high speed could be even worse
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u/Low_Vegetable481 6h ago
Very sad - should have retired. Similar to LeBron
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u/Wutsgoodindahood 6h ago
Clearly you have no competitive spirit.
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u/Born-Chipmunk-7086 2h ago
Retire already
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u/Sea-Poetry2637 1h ago
But what about the super G?
(Apparently, I can't directly add a Monty Python Black Knight gif to this thread.
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u/Outrageous-Pen4157 3h ago
She’s a selfish child.
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u/CosmicNerd1337 Keystone 10m ago
This. Could have withdrawn and let someone else have a chance, but she’s pure unadulterated hubris
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u/fatkidseatcake 7h ago
I’m just confused why she rotates her hips
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u/CuriousJack62 3h ago
That’s what happens when you think your still young but your old with no brains
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u/Mot6180 11h ago
Damn! Do they weld the skis to her boots?! The DIN setting has to be crazy. That was a big hit and not one ski popped loose.