Is it really safe for the alpine ski champ to go for the gold?

Vonn injured her knee in a downhill crash during the final competition before the Olympics on Jan. 30. She free skied Feb. 3 ...

U.S. ski star Lindsey Vonn refused to give up on her Milan Cortina dreams even after suffering a devastating knee injury. She ...

Dr. John-Paul Rue, an orthopedic surgeon with Mercy Medical Center, said even the average athlete wouldn't be able to compete in the Olympics on a torn ACL. Lindsey Vonn is different, though, Rue said ...

A perfect recipe of circumstances makes downhill skiing doable — though still quite remarkable — for Vonn, even with a torn ACL.

Lindsey Vonn announced she tore her ACL but still intends to compete at the Olympics. How can she ski with that injury? Doctors, skiers weigh in.