Lindsey Vonn has ruptured ACL, intends to ski at Olympics

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American skiing great Lindsey Vonn has a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee but said Tuesday she intends to race in the women's downhill race Sunday at the Milano Cortina Olympics.

It will be the fifth Winter Olympics for the 41-year-old Vonn. She suffered the injury on Friday when she crashed in a World Cup race in Crans-Montana, Sw