American skier Lindsey Vonn, first in the overall World Cup standings, has decided to end her season because of three fractures in her knee, she announced on Facebook.
Vonn crashed Saturday in Andorra during a super-G race and was taken off the mountain on a rescue sled. The original X-rays indicated a hairline fracture, where the tibial plateau was stable and would allow her to compete. After placing 13th in an Alpine combined Sunday, she went to Barcelona and had an MRI and CT scan that indicated she has three fractures in her tibial plateau.
“Because I am currently leading the Overall World Cup standings, this is one of the toughest decisions of my career,” Vonn wrote.
She said that if she damaged the leg anymore it would jeopardize her future.
“With the World Championships in St. Moritz next year and the Winter Olympics in South Korea the following year, I cannot take that risk,” Vonn wrote.
La Skiadora Estadounidense Lindsey Vonn, primera en la clasificación de la Copa Mundial de ese deporte anuncio hoy que debido a 3 fracturas en su pierna izquierda, pone fin a su temporada..
Vonn se accidento durante la competencia del sabado en Andorra en la prueba del Super G y tuvo que ser evacuada de las montañas en una camilla especial. Los primeros rayos x que le tomaron indicaron una fractura a la altura de la rodilla, pero que la tibia se encontra estable y podia competir. despues de terminar 13 en la combina, viajo a barcelona donde los examenes determinaron 3 fracturas en la tibia….
Al ser lider de la clasificacion Mundial, es una de las decisiones mas duras de mi carrera, escribio Vonn en su cuenta de facebook…recordando que una lesion de esas caracteristicas debe ser tomada en serio para proteger su futuro…Especialmente por el proximo año se disputaran los Mundiales en St. Moritz y los Olimpicos de invierno en Corea del sur al año siguiente.