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Skiing: Vonn shows off gruesome injury
Vonn shows off gruesome injury
Champion US skier Lindsey Vonn has revealed the pain of her sport after showing off the gruesome aftermath of a broken arm.
The Olympic champion had hit the slopes to prepare for the upcoming season when she crashed in Colorado.
The 32-year-old had successful surgery to repair the fractured humerus bone in her right arm, but from photos of the injury, it may be a while before she is fit and raring to get back to the top of the mountain. (Instagram)
The ugly scar runs from around the middle of her arm down to below her elbow. (Instagram)
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It's the latest in a long line of injures for the two-time world champion. (AAP)
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She tore her ACL in accident as she prepared to try come back from a knee injury in 2014. (AAP)
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She suffered a season-ending injury in 2013 when she tore the medial collateral and anterior cruciate ligaments in her right knee and a fractured tibial plateau. (AAP)
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An air-lift rescue was required to rush her to hospital. (AAP)
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Broken bones are a natural part of a life for a skier. (AAP)
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Vonn's 2010 Olympics was hampered by an "excruciating" bruised shin. She would later break her pinkie finger and crash out of the super-combined. (AAP)
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In the 2007 World Championship, Vonn crashed in a slalom training run and suffered a season-ending ACL sprain. However, she won silver medals in the downhill and super-G prior to the crash. (AAP)
