Photos show the moment Lindsey Vonn crashed

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn came to the Winter Olympics as one of the headline acts of the Games, just a week after tearing the ACL in her left knee. But her chances of winning a medal at 41 came to an abrupt and painful end when she crashed in the women’s downhill. Here’s a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors of Vonn’s crash in Cortina.

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