World Skiing Championships

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Feb 5, 2013

World Skiing Championships

Lindsey Vonn

Lindsey Vonn was trailing eventual super-G winner Tina Maze by 0.12 seconds shortly before crashing at the World Championships in Austria on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Vonn was taken to a hospital by helicopter with an apparent right knee injury.

Lindsey Vonn

Vonn fell after a long jump, her ski came off immediately, and she slid off course and hit a gate before coming to a halt.

Lindsey Vonn

The four-time overall World Cup champion received medical treatment on the slope for 12 minutes before being airlifted to the hospital.

The race had been delayed for 3 1/2 hours because of thick fog hanging over the course, and was called off after 36 racers because new clouds of fog were moving in.

Tina Maze

Tina Maze of Slovenia reacts after seeing Lindsey Vonn crash.

Viktoria Rebensburg

Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany was one of the 36 racers who got a run in before the event was called off.

Soffia Goggia

Days of snow and rain had affected the course and softened the surface, especially in the lower part. The evening before the race, FIS women's race director Atle Skaardal called it an "extreme situation."

Jessica Lindell-Vikarby

Jessica Lindell-Vikarby of Sweden works to keep her balance.

Tina Maze

Maze's time of 1 minute, 35.39 seconds was 0.38 faster than silver medalist Lara Gut of Switzerland. Julia Mancuso of the United States was 0.52 behind in third.

Julia Mancuso

"It's always really nice to win a medal, but of course I know I could have a better run,'' Mancuso said, adding it was "really hard'' to race after the crash of Vonn, who started three racers ahead.