ligament
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On the day before the race, she even made time to go on social media to respond to a contributor’s column published in USA Today questioning her judgment to race on a torn ligament.
The following year, she tore two other ligaments in her left knee.
American skier Lindsey Vonn crashes in the women's downhill competition at the Winter Olympics, nine days after rupturing her left anterior cruciate ligament.
From BBC
Vonn, the 41-year-old alpine skiing star competing on one rebuilt knee and another with a torn ligament, appeared to tag the fourth gate hard with her right shoulder as she carved through a corner.
After coming out of retirement last season, Vonn has made a remarkable comeback aged 41, until she ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament in a race on January 30.
From Barron's
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