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United States’ Lindsey Vonn leaves the finish area after crashing earlier during the women’s super G at the alpine ski World Championships, in Are, Sweden, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. Getting your player ready...
ARE, Sweden — Lindsey Vonn is sitting out downhill training at the world championships following her crash in the super-G.
Vonn had the wind knocked out of her after straddling a gate mid-air and hitting the safety nets on Tuesday. She was left with a shiner on her right cheek.
Vonn is planning to retire following Sunday’s downhill race and already completed one downhill training run on Monday.
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American teammate Laurenne Ross, who also crashed in the super-G, is also sitting out Wednesday’s training, as is another crash victim, Christina Ager of Austria.
The men’s super-G is scheduled for Wednesday at 4:30 a.m. MT.
