Lindsey Vonn hopes to race at the World Cup stop in Lake Louise, Alberta, from Dec. 6-8, her publicist, Lewis Kay, said in an email Friday.
Vonn, 29, partially tore her right ACL in a training crash in Copper Mountain, Colo., on Tuesday.
It’s the same ACL she fully tore at a crash at the World Championships in Schladming, Austria, in February.
The Olympic downhill champion will not race in Beaver Creek, Colo., next week. Vonn was originally hoping to return to competition in Beaver Creek before Tuesday’s crash.
Here’s Kay’s full update to the media:
Lindsey is extremely appreciative of the outpouring of support and good wishes.While her rehab is progressing, she is not at a point where she will be able to ski next week and is unfortunately withdrawing from the race at Beaver Creek . She will continue to do therapy with an eye at racing in Lake Louise.Many of you have asked to connect with Dr. Sterett. He has asked me to provide the following quote on his behalf while he continues to focus on Lindsey:“Lindsey is recovering very quickly from abrasions to her face and contusions to her shoulder blade. Beyond that, she has a stable knee with an MRI finding of a partial tear of her ACL graft. With therapy, she is progressing well while not losing any of the strength she worked so hard to achieve.”We will continue to provide information as it becomes available.
Vonn sustained a mild strain to her right knee, a partial tear to her right ACL, minor facial abrasions and scapular contusions from her crash Tuesday, Kay said Wednesday, adding that Vonn would take a few days to rest and then pursue “aggressive physical therapy.”
On Feb. 5, Vonn suffered a torn ACL, MCL and lateral tibial plateau fracture crashing in the World Championships super-G (video here). She had surgery five days later and planned to return to competition nine months after that.
The first Olympic Alpine skiing event is less than three months away on Feb. 10.
Vonn is so successful at Lake Louise that it’s been called “Lake Lindsey.” She swept two downhills and a super-G there last season. She requested to enter the men’s downhill at Lake Louise on Nov. 24, 2012, but was denied.
This year’s Lake Louise stop also calls for two downhills (Dec. 6-7) and a super-G (Dec.8).
Vonn, a three-time Olympian, is three wins away from matching Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell for the most World Cup victories by a woman with 62. The overall record is held by Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark at 86.
In 2006, Vonn’s Olympic teammate, Kristina Koznick, raced in Torino two weeks after suffering a torn right ACL.
