American skier Lindsey Vonn’s story of determination ended Sunday at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Vonn suffered a torn ACL injury in the days leading up to her fifth Olympics appearance.
Vonn decided to compete for Team USA despite the injury, but she suffered a crash during the women’s downhill ski event final and needed to be airlifted to a hospital.
A replay of the crash was shown during the NBC broadcast in the moments that followed the conclusion of Super Bowl 60. The broadcast was edited down, spending just three minutes on Vonn, from the start of her race at the gate to her being airlifted off the course and taken to a hospital.
The three-minute window also included two replays and showed the reactions from some of her peers who were also competing.
She was in stable condition and underwent surgery for a broken left leg.