How the 2026 Olympics turned into tales of triumph by US women

For the U.S. women, the Milano Cortina Olympics got off to a devastating start. Attempting to compete on a torn ACL, Lindsey Vonn crashed during her downhill race on Feb. 8, leaving her with a complex tibia fracture in her left leg and requiring multiple surgeries. It was a sobering scene that brought the 41-year-old Vonn’s Olympic comeback to a sudden end. “I didn’t stand in the starting gate ...