Lindsey Vonn Drops Out Of Olympics Due To Injuries

Following two
injuries to her
knee, Lindsey Vonn has made the difficult
decision to drop out of the Sochi Olympic Games in
Russia.
Vonn, who first injured her knee last February,
shared the decision on Facebook. She wrote, "I am
devastated to announce that I will not be able to
compete in Sochi. I did everything I possibly could
to somehow get strong enough to overcome having
no ACL but the reality has sunk in that my knee is
just too unstable to compete at this level. I'm
having surgery soon so that I can be ready for the
World Championships at home in Vail next
February.
"On a positive note,
this means there will
be an additional spot
so that one of my
teammates can go for
gold. Thank you all so
much for all of the love
and support. I will be
cheering for all of the
Olympians and
especially team
USA! XO Lindsey."
It had appeared Vonn
would recover from
last year's injury, but she hurt her knee again in
Colorado and once more in France. Vonn's PR team
said in a statement, "After the incident in Val
d'Isere an MRI showed an MCL sprain which,
coupled with the torn ACL, has made it impossible
to stabilize her knee and be ready to safely ski
again next month
"She will have surgery shortly and is expected to
make a full recovery in time for the 2014-15 World
Cup season and the 2015 world championship."
SOURCE: Starpulse.com

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