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re: How is it possible to ski with a torn ACL?
Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:35 pm to T1gerNate
Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:35 pm to T1gerNate
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Yea the fact she had one working leg had nothing to do with it I’m sure. The fact that this could happen is an embarrassment to our country. I don’t even blame her I blame all of the people who should have been there to stop this from happening and didn’t. I assume it was the money/TV people. She is a victim of their greed and stupidity if ask me. She shouldn’t have done it but she’s an athlete I get it. She needed people around her to protect her from herself.
This is a pretty hot take. And not a very good one. Other skiers have competed with these injuries. It’s not an “embarrassment to our country”.
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Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:37 pm to BluegrassBelle
Posted on 2/8/26 at 12:41 pm to BluegrassBelle
These idiots are going to believe what they want to believe…
Posted on 2/8/26 at 1:00 pm to GalacticaCannon
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She’s a world class athlete. And from what I’ve read, pro skiers have some of the strongest quads sport for sport on the planet.
She likely ran a battery of tests and thought the margins of asymmetry were enough to give it a go.
Exactly. World-class athletes know their bodies and the limits to which they can push themselves, especially ones as accomplished and experienced as Vonn.
Yet there are still countless keyboard warriors boasting that they knew better than her. I've seen more tweets today calling her "selfish" than ones hoping her injuries aren't severe. These people are insane.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 1:06 pm to Sandtrap
It's not.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 1:06 pm to Pedro
It’s amazing that we live in a world where an elite athlete goes full send on her way out and people with cheeto dust on their keyboards are talking mad shite about her.
Posted on 2/8/26 at 1:18 pm to andwesway
Yea let’s just ignore all the other world class skiers that have said otherwise
Posted on 2/10/26 at 11:36 am to nvasil1
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Yet there are still countless keyboard warriors boasting that they knew better than her. I've seen more tweets today calling her "selfish" than ones hoping her injuries aren't severe. These people are insane.
Your reply is ignorant as hell considering Vonn crashed and broke her leg.
I had no issue with Vonn trying to compete, if she was the best option and the USA was limited. If she was, no issue at all.
I don't think it was a likely a good idea, and I think the pressure from the media to push a story in an otherwise boring Olympics was extremely strong. So I question the motivation.
I have no issue with Vonn wanting to go full send at the end of her career and accepting the consequences.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 1:44 pm to Lonnie Utah
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She hooked a gate. That just means she was cutting it as close as she could. However, she had gotten way to wide and low on the previous gate and it likely put her off line for the gate she hooked.
can you tell if it was her arm or pole? it almost looks like the basket caught on the gate as she was skiing by.
also wonder if it would have made any difference if she was using a gate guard on the pole like slalom racers. or if she was running the leki trigger poles and if they should have released?
Posted on 2/10/26 at 1:53 pm to Bunsbert Montcroff
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can you tell if it was her arm or pole?
Picture posted on the previous page sure looks like her entire arm and pole went into it.
This post was edited on 2/10/26 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 2/10/26 at 1:55 pm to Bunsbert Montcroff
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can you tell if it was her arm or pole?
I don't know 100% but to me it looked like her arm caught it.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 2:39 pm to baldona
You do realize that multiple skiers have competed with torn ACL's before. Saw a story about Italy having a female skier winning the worlds a few years ago with a torn ACL (was about a month old, and not 1-2 weeks)
Breezy even came out and said that there are a lot of skiers that compete with injured ACLs, and it's a lot more than people may realize.
Breezy even came out and said that there are a lot of skiers that compete with injured ACLs, and it's a lot more than people may realize.
Posted on 2/10/26 at 8:35 pm to SammyTiger
Vonn is an inspiration…
Posted on 2/12/26 at 8:00 am to Sandtrap
Apparently it’s not.
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If tweet fails to load, click here.Posted on 2/12/26 at 6:40 pm to Kjnstkmn
Wow! Amazing more skiers don’t die.
Posted on 2/15/26 at 2:12 am to Kjnstkmn
holy shite....
i guess when you hear broken leg you don't really think shattered to shards...
at any rate, her career is almost certainly over, just wish i could have come on better terms...
i guess when you hear broken leg you don't really think shattered to shards...
at any rate, her career is almost certainly over, just wish i could have come on better terms...
Posted on 2/15/26 at 7:21 pm to BluegrassBelle
quote:I just wanted to bump to point out to the OP and other doubters that Federica Brignone, at 35, just won her second Gold of these Olympics (Downhill and Giant Slalom), missing an ACL.
Other skiers have competed with these injuries. It’s not an “embarrassment to our country”.
She crashed badly last year and didn't get the ACL repaired because rehabbing the surgery would have kept her out of the Olympics.
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