MILAN ― The precise speed Lindsey Vonn was traveling at the time of her crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics does not fully capture what propelled her down that mountain.
‘Lindsey only knows one speed, and that’s all out and that’s what she was doing that day,’ said Fraser Bullock, the President and Executive Chair of Utah 2034, the Olympic organizing committee.
Bullock is familiar with Vonn’s work off of the mountain, too. A resident of Utah, Vonn played a role in helping the state secure the bid for the Winter Olympics that will be held in Salt Lake City in 2034.
‘She’s an important part of our family here in Utah,’ Bullock said during a press conference Feb. 10 for the Utah Olympic organizing committee.
At 41, Vonn was making an improbable comeback before the crash Feb. 8 during her first run at the Milano Cortina Winter Games. Fraser said he was on the mountain when it happened about 13 seconds into Vonn’s run.
‘But Lindsey’s fearless, and she taught us how to come back from adversity and put everything into it,’ he said.
Erin Mendenhall, the mayor of Salt Lake City, said she messaged Vonn before and after the race.
‘She is the epitome of courage and Olympianism,’ Mendenhall said.