Lindsey Vonn plans to ski in Olympics on torn ACL: 'As long as there's a ...

Lindsey Vonn announced Tuesday that she "completely ruptured" her ACL, along with suffering a bone bruise and meniscus damage in her left knee following a crash in Switzerland , but still plans to compete at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Vonn held a press conference Tuesday and told reporters she completed practice runs while wearing a knee brace and felt confident she would be able to ski when the downhill competition starts on February 8. "Considering how my knee feels," Vonn said, "I feel stable, I feel strong, my knee is not swollen, and with the help of a knee brace, I am confident that I can compete on Sunday." Vonn was not alone in crashing at the event in Switzerland last week, as...