Sports world reacts to Lindsey Vonn's Winter Olympics crash

Sports world reacts to Lindsey Vonn's crash

On X, fellow American skier Mikaela Shiffrin posted a broken heart emoji and tagged Vonn. 

Longtime NBC analyst and former American Olympic figure skater Scott Hamilton, meanwhile, sent his thoughts to Vonn and praised her for trying to compete despite the injury she suffered days earlier. 

"My heart goes out to Lindsey Vonn after the crash she suffered today at the Olympics," wrote Hamilton. "I applaud her bravery, wanting to race on a bad ACL, and hope that same determination goes into her return to her health."

American skier Breezy Johnson, who won the women's downhill, expressed compassion for Vonn as well. 

"I don't claim to know what she's going through, but I do know what it is to be here, to be fighting for the Olympics, and to have this course burn you and to watch those dreams die," Johnson, who suffered a knee injury that ended her 2022 Beijing Olympics, said, via ESPN. "I can't imagine the pain she's going through, and it's not the physical pain — but the emotional pain is something else."

Vonn's sister, Karin Kildow, said her doctors are in Milan Cortina, and she's being evaluated. She added she appreciates the support from fans and is proud of her sibling for still giving it a go. 

"It's like the man in the arena, she dared greatly," Kildow told NBC (h/t ESPN). "She put it all out there. She always goes 110 percent, there's never anything less, so I know she put her whole heart into it. Sometimes things happen. It's a very dangerous sport."