<br><div> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The doctor <strong>Pedro Ripoll</strong> analyzed for <i>EFE </i>the incident that the American carried out this Sunday <strong>Lindsey Vonn</strong>who suffered a spectacular fall on the alpine ski descent of <strong>Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympic Games</strong>a competition that “should have refrained from competing until repairing” his latest injury.</p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-md irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-md hidden-xs hidden-md"> </span></span></span><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Vonn, who has a titanium knee – the right one – and injured the other just a week ago – on the World Cup descent in Crans Montana (Switzerland), in which she broke her anterior cruciate and damaged her meniscus – fell seriously on the Olympic Games descent on the Tofana track, in the Dolomites resort.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-xs hidden-xs hidden-md"/></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The American skier, who won again this season at the age of 41 and who surprised on Saturday with the third time in the second training session, fell after a jump at the top - in the first of five sectors - of the Tofana slope, from where she had to be evacuated by helicopter. Minutes later, due to the accident, the descent was interrupted.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><span class="content-free-html "><span class="block-element container-center"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="es"> <a href="https://twitter.com/MickTurski/status/2020455207591706906"/> </blockquote> </span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">"The worst omens came true with Lindsey Vonn. The legendary skier faced not only the impossible, but also recklessness, putting her health at serious risk by wanting to compete with a torn cruciate ligament in her left knee and a prosthetic in her right," she said. <i>EFE </i>Dr. Pedro Ripoll.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">“The freedom of the individual is above any other consideration, but it is true that there is a lack of mechanisms that protect the athlete’s health and prevent them from competing in conditions in which their physical integrity is in serious danger, as has unfortunately been demonstrated”, he commented.</p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">"Intelligence is the ability to understand reality and adapt to it. His reality is that, in addition to the serious injury he suffered in his left knee, he has a prosthesis in his right knee and it is a miracle that he was able to compete again. Now he suffered a very serious injury and had to refrain from competing until this injury was repaired", he declared.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">For Dr Ripoll, Lindsey Vonn was “a victim of her stubbornness and probably underestimated the seriousness of the situation and the consequences she faced after overcoming other serious injuries in the past”.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-related content-border bottom-image " data-gtm-element-container="modulo-noticias-relacionadas"> <span class="module-details"> <span class="module-supra-title"> <span>Also read</span></span> <span class="module-author ">Celes Piedrabuena</span></span> <figure class="image-container"> <picture><source media="(min-width: 480px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/image_250_123/files/fp/uploads/2026/02/08/6988846a4cd34.r_d.2763-2017.jpeg" width="250" height="123"></source></picture> </figure> </span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">"Then there is the section on responsibilities for what happened. Of course, this accident is the product of a set of opinions and reckless decisions, with the athlete's environment encouraging her to compete in these conditions. No more or less than with the unstable joint. Although, without a doubt, at the beginning of everything it is always Vonn's personal decision, environments often think more about their own interests than the athlete's health", he noted.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Ripoll said the images of the crash were “scary and the accompanying sound even more so.”</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">"We can't help but think about what the champion must have felt after suffering the fall that could mean the end of her courageous career. Let's think that there are no bone injuries associated with this accident and that either of her two knees affected by the accident can be repaired.</p> <span class="content-related content-border bottom-image " data-gtm-element-container="modulo-noticias-relacionadas"> <span class="module-details"> <span class="module-supra-title"> <span>Also read</span></span> <span class="module-author ">Celes Piedrabuena</span></span> <figure class="image-container"> <picture><source media="(min-width: 480px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/image_250_123/files/fp/uploads/2026/02/08/69887fefde39b.r_d.750-490.png" width="250" height="123"><img data-full-src="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/uploads/2026/02/08/69887fefde39b.png" alt="Breezy Johnson" width="334" height="164" src="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/image_334_164/files/fp/uploads/2026/02/08/69887fefde39b.r_d.750-490.png" class="lazy"/></source></picture> </figure> </span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">"Vonn ran the risk of suffering a joint failure during the descent that would lead to a significant fall, which could further damage his left knee. Something that happened. Now, a big concern is what could have happened to his right knee, the one with the prosthesis. A fracture around the prosthesis presents many technical problems to solve and causes very important consequences. There is no point in regretting it than wishing him good luck", he concluded.</p> </div><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><script type="script/gg"> gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, 'c:facebooka-frU9M5JY', function () { console.log('facebook-ad-def'); !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '682047071976590'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); }); </script>