US ski icon insists that se will be at the starting gate

Lindsey Vonn says she will still compete at the Winter Olympics despite rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament. Photo: AFP

Lindsey Vonn will attempt to defy the odds and compete at the Winter Olympics despite a ruptured knee ligament, the US ski icon insisting on Tuesday that she will be at the starting gate when the women's events get underway at the weekend.

Vonn's Olympic return after eight years, at the age of 41 and with a titanium implant in her right knee, has been one of the storylines of the Milan-Cortina Games.

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