It amazes me the amount of people on this app that think Vonn’s torn ACL caused her to crash.
It did not.
It was her right pole, clipping the gate.
Which caused her ARM to be out of position, twisting her torso mid air, she became unbalanced and that led to the crash.
Incredibly bad luck as she was fully going for it on her run. Just cut it a few centimeters too close on that gate and failed.
1. This particular type of crash wasn’t predictable.
(Although it is eerie that she was wearing number 13 on her bib.)
2. It wasn’t selfish of her to race.
She earned the spot, she completed two training runs and was 3rd overall yesterday with a real chance to medal.
3. And it was not unusual.
Crashes happen in Alpine skiing. Every Olympics. Every race on the World Cup circuit. It’s part of the nature of the sport.
Again, the cause had nothing to do with her ACL.
By the way, one of the first skiers in yesterday’s men’s downhill also competed with a torn ACL. Didn’t win but made it down the mountain. Only difference was his wasn’t as recent or newsworthy of an injury.
Part of what made her a champion in so many races was her aggressiveness. It didn’t work out today. That’s it.
Why people are vilifying her I will never understand.
Green Day started off their Super Bowl set with ‘Holiday’, a song criticizing war mongering and blind patriotism.
They then went straight to ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ and then ‘American Idiot’.
All of this will go over Trump and MAGA’s heads.
The end of an era for Alyssa Naeher
🏆 2x World Cup Champ
🏆 Olympic Gold & Bronze Medalist
🏆 7x SheBelieves Cup Champion
🏆 CONCACAF W Gold Cup Champ, Best XI, and Golden Glove
Alyssa Naeher saves penalty.
Takes the ball, walks to the spot and scores a penalty of her own.
Walks back into net and saves another penalty.
What. A. Badass.
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@AlyssaNaeher
A game-tying goal from Devyn Beliveau-Gale and an overtime game-winner from Alexis Billings pushed @CastletonWSoc past Eastern Connecticut and onto the conference semifinals for the third straight season!
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