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Lindsey Vonn's right knee is healing quicker than her feelings over a world championship race she says should have been called off.

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The surgeon who operated on Lindsey Vonn's right knee was "optimistic for a full recovery" after she shredded two ligaments during a crash last week at the world championships.

Lindsey Vonn will head home for surgery in Colorado next week after tearing two ligaments in her right knee and breaking a bone in her lower leg in a crash at the world championships.

With Lindsey Vonn injured and Bode Miller already out for the season, it's Ted Ligety's turn to lead the U.S. ski team.

Tina Maze became the first Slovenian skier to win a world championship gold medal in a speed event, taking the opening women's super-G Tuesday in a race overshadowed by a crash involving Lindsey Vonn that will sideline her for the season.

Lindsey Vonn crashed and apparently hurt her right knee during a super-G at the world championships Tuesday and was taken to a hospital by helicopter.

Lara Gut of Switzerland made the most of good conditions to win a World Cup downhill on Friday, while Lindsey Vonn's bid for a fifth straight win in speed events this season ended in a crash.

Lindsey Vonn led the opening training session for a World Cup downhill Thursday, showing she's recovered from the stomach illness that slowed her last week.

Three-time World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn pulled out of Friday's World Cup slalom after sustaining a concussion in a crash during practice.

World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn says she sustained a concussion in a crash during practice and is still not sure whether she will compete in the final two races before the world championships.

Marlies Schild won her fourth World Cup slalom title of the season, while Lindsey Vonn crashed out on a day when thick fog covered the course.

Marlies Schild of Austria led by more than a second after the first run of a World Cup slalom Wednesday, while Lindsey Vonn crashed out.

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Austrian skier Marlies Schild flew down the Courchevel course to win her second World Cup slalom of the season Tuesday, while overall leader Lindsey Vonn and rival Maria Riesch crashed out in their first runs.

Lindsey Vonn may have crashed in the giant slalom Thursday, but she got some good news after the race.