Lindsey Vonn Airlifted, Team USA Skates Past Japan, Everyone’s Dramatic
KEY POINTS
- •Lindsey Vonn crashed early in the women's downhill on February 9, 2026, breaking her leg despite trying to continue her comeback with a ruptured ACL.
- •Breezy Johnson won the first American gold medal of the Winter Games in the downhill after Vonn’s crash.
- •Team USA clinched figure skating gold in Milan, led by Ilia Malinin’s backflip and Amber Glenn’s statement on freedom and love after social media backlash.
On February 9, 2026, Lindsey Vonn, age 41 and heroically ignoring every medical textbook, attempted a downhill comeback with a ruptured ACL, promptly converting her run into an abstract performance art piece involving a terrifying crash and an emergency airlift – diagnosis: broken leg. Meanwhile, Breezy Johnson casually swooped in to snag the first American gold of these Winter Games, making it look easy. Over in Milan, Team USA’s 'Quad God' Ilia Malinin sealed the deal with a one-foot backflip like a figure skating Tony Hawk. Meanwhile, Amber Glenn, who identifies as pansexual and recently fled social media after haters went full keyboard warrior, declared she’ll keep fighting for 'freedom and love,' because why not mix skating with social justice in the same day?
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Nothing says 'Winter Olympics' like a 41-year-old crashing, a backflip that defies physics, and an entire group explaining love more convincingly than Congress ever could.
Lindsey Vonn turned her downhill run into a drama series nobody asked for, while Ilia Malinin’s backflip made gravity reconsider its life choices.
Team USA wins in figure skating while Breezy Johnson casually grabs gold—because walking away from disaster is an art form here.
Source: Axios | Published: 2/9/2026 | Author: Ina Fried
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