Vonn crashes out of Winter Olympics

Veteran was airlifted by helicopter and flown to a hospital

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Lindsey Vonn crashed out of the Winter Olympics downhill yesterday, brutally ending the American skiing great’s improbable dream of winning a medal despite competing with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

Vonn was just 13 seconds into her run in bright sunshine in Cortina d’Ampezzo when she lost control, twisted in the air and crumpled in the snow.