Giving an update at just before lunchtime on BBC, former British skier Chemmy Alcott, who was emotional at the crash, said: “I was just speaking to Enrica Cipriani who is part of the ‘Team Vonn’, actually one of the photos I think I sent you guys was one of her sitting on the chair lift with Lindsey this morning when we all thought this was going to end in a fairytale…
“She said the good news is that Lindsey Vonn’s doctor, who did her knee, was here on the hill and was able to get in that helicopter with her. They are currently in Cortina, the helicopter landed.
“But she won’t going to the local hospital, it can’t deliver on what she needs. Likely she’ll be going over to Innsbruck.
“But even Enrica didn’t have an update, very hard to be part of that team who have sacrificed everything. Her husband Chris Knight is Lindsey Vonn’s coach, so she’s just trying to keep it together, and deal with what can be handled.”
Not long after Vonn’s crash, Cande Moreno of Andorra also suffered the same fate. She received medical attention with the helicopter also used again to airlift her off the mountain. The final ended with Vonn’s American teammate Breezy Johnson leading the rankings, with Germany’s Emma Aicher in second place and Italy’s Sofia Goggia in third.