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FakeNoose

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32. She'll become a celebrity commentator, also a skiing coach/instructor
Sun Feb 8, 2026, 11:05 AM
11 hrs ago

Just look at Shaun White ... and of course many others, but he's one of the best known.
Lindsey will do well, but she has to accept that competitive skiing is over for her.

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Again................ Lovie777 14 hrs ago #1
Second time this month? I saw something like this the other day. Probatim 6 hrs ago #48
She tried aeromanKC 14 hrs ago #2
Healing vibes going her way. mwmisses4289 13 hrs ago #3
Healing vibes on the way to her SheltieLover 13 hrs ago #4
I hope she's okay Roy Rolling 13 hrs ago #10
I can't believe she tried it either, but as someone else said, she won't always wonder SheltieLover 12 hrs ago #12
She completed the training run in 3rd place Johnny2X2X 12 hrs ago #15
I've torn an ACL while skiing. But, I'm no Lindsey Vonn. tinrobot 12 hrs ago #17
Football players generally take 6 months to rehab and return to action after ACL surgery. TheRickles 12 hrs ago #21
Never had one but I have heard the pain is unreal. Thanks for the post twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #23
I hope she is ok. bamagal62 13 hrs ago #5
🙏🏼 Clouds Passing 13 hrs ago #6
While I believed she should have let an alternate take her place, after she didn't step aside, I was pulling for her to 24601 13 hrs ago #7
I wished she had declined her spot and allowed another person to go. She could have gone and not competed and no one dem4decades 11 hrs ago #26
This is the end, beautiful friend Jilly_in_VA 13 hrs ago #8
I think "the end" might have been a few weeks ago FakeNoose 11 hrs ago #29
She realized it. Talitha 9 hrs ago #45
There's a line between stubbornness and stupidity, or as Aristotle noted, between courage and foolhardiness Prairie Gates 13 hrs ago #9
Here's a recent video that gives some of her background blue-wave 13 hrs ago #11
in her press appearance last week, she had doubts but rationalized it bucolic_frolic 12 hrs ago #13
9:20 a.m. EST: the women's Alpine skiing is coming on just now. mahatmakanejeeves 12 hrs ago #14
I was up early snowybirdie 12 hrs ago #16
"brutal" cries of pain??? JFC, cbs cannot even write properly. niyad 12 hrs ago #18
For some reason I was up and saw it live on my TV machine Botany 12 hrs ago #19
From what I just read, it sounds brutal. yellow dahlia 11 hrs ago #31
From somebody who has skied she really did a crash and burn. Botany 10 hrs ago #36
Yes. I did some downhill as a kid - I wasn't very good. yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #39
Gonna go Cross Country now. Botany 10 hrs ago #40
Enjoy! yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #42
Considering all the medical crap I have been through it is nice. Botany 10 hrs ago #43
Damn! Sorry to see this. mountain grammy 12 hrs ago #20
Ego can be bad VicNEO 11 hrs ago #22
She has real estate that needs revenue to pay the taxes FredGarvin 11 hrs ago #25
Having a functioning A.C.L. might be helpful in skiing. Botany 11 hrs ago #28
She'll become a celebrity commentator, also a skiing coach/instructor FakeNoose 11 hrs ago #32
She will be fine. Botany 10 hrs ago #37
it ain't just politicians who refuse to give it up Skittles 28 min ago #49
She had to take the run with a torn acl FredGarvin 11 hrs ago #24
Bullshit Auggie 11 hrs ago #27
Would you? FredGarvin 11 hrs ago #33
How much property does she have ? JI7 11 hrs ago #30
Olympic level athletes have to go all out to get that far dlk 11 hrs ago #34
Courage is the key word here Shermann 10 hrs ago #35
Did she re-injure the ACL in this crash? AverageOldGuy 10 hrs ago #38
I wish her all the best. riversedge 10 hrs ago #41
I was so sorry to see this LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #44
Heartbreaking FemDemERA 8 hrs ago #46
How to watch Lindsey Vonn ski with torn ACL in 2026 Winter Olympics medal events mahatmakanejeeves 7 hrs ago #47
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