Lindsey Vonn's Olympic crash was a horrific setback. But she's never been one to hide

Lindsey Vonn arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala on Monday celebrating the opening of the "Costume Art" exhibition in New York City. The U.S. alpine skier is still recovering from a horrific crash at the Winter Olympics in February. Evan Agostini/Invision via AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Agostini/Invision via AP NEW YORK — Was it crazy? Was it dangerous? Was it even possible? For nine days last winter, the question of whether Lindsey Vonn should race in the Winter Olympics on a freshly torn ACL was the talk of sports TV shows, TikToks, Instagram comments and real-life debates. In the end — the painful end — it was "all of the above," Vonn says. A few months ago, America's most famous downhill skier was in the midst of a remarkable career comeback . At 41 years old, Vonn's return to the World Cup leaderboard after years of retirement had defied her doubters and turned the world's heads. Her goal had always been to go out on top at the Olympic race in Cortina D'Ampezzo, the beloved slope where Vonn had won a dozen World Cup victories in her historic career. That, of course, isn't what happened . Instead, millions watched as Vonn's arm clipped a gate just 13 seconds into the race, a mistake that flung her body into the air and sent her tumbling down the hill. Her wails of pain were audible on TV broadcasts as medics tended to her before a helicopter finally carried her away. …