Shadow over Vonn as Shiffrin, Odermatt headline Olympic skiing

Luke PHILLIPS Wed, 4 February 2026 at 5:58 pm UTC·4 min read Unstoppable Mikaela Shiffrin and Swiss master Marco Odermatt headline the alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, but doubts remain over comeback queen Lindsey Vonn, arguably one of the biggest names at the Milan-Cortina Games. In a bombshell reveal after touching down in the Dolomites for her fifth Olympics, Vonn revealed that she had in fact ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, in an ill-timed crash in last weekend's Crans-Montana World Cup downhill.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Vonn, who retired because of persistent pain and underwent a partial knee replacement in April 2024 before making an...