Lindsey Vonn returns to snow in Portillo, Chile, in August for the first time following knee surgery in February to repair a torn ACL and MCL in her right knee. (photo: Jonathan Selkowitz/Red Bull Content Pool)
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Vonn Crashes in Training

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Copper Mountain, CO – U.S. ski racer Lindsey Vonn was evacuated from the U.S. Ski Team’s Speed Center at Copper Mountain, Colo., by toboggan on Tuesday, following a crash in downhill training.

Lindsey Vonn returns to snow in Portillo, Chile, in August for the first time following knee surgery in February to repair a torn ACL and MCL in her right knee. (photo: Jonathan Selkowitz/Red Bull Content Pool)
Lindsey Vonn returns to snow in Portillo, Chile, in August for the first time following knee surgery in February to repair a torn ACL and MCL in her right knee. (photo: Jonathan Selkowitz/Red Bull Content Pool)

Vonn, 29, is attempting to return to ski racing following a crash during the World Championships in February that injured her right knee, requiring surgery.

Details regarding Tuesday’s incident remain sketchy, and it’s unclear at this time whether or not Vonn reinjured her right knee. Vonn’s publicist indicated in a statement released on Tuesday afternoon that the ski racer bypassed a hospital in favor of returning home to Vail, where she was to be evaluated by team physician Dr. Bill Sterett of Vail Summit Orthopedics. Sterett is the physician who performed Vonn’s surgical reconstruction of her right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) in February.

Vonn had been expected to return to World Cup ski racing when the circuit swings through Beaver Creek, Colo., later this month. U.S. Ski Team officials are expected to release a statement detailing Vonn’s condition and prognosis later today.

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