What do you think about Lindsey Vonn's plans to ski tomorrow?

[DURHAM D]

I won't be watching.

My problem is that I have had one knee replaced (old ski injury) and need to have the other replaced.

[flvegan]

1. Her body, her choice. n/t

[murielm99]

10. I understand, but I would

hate to see her crippled for life.

[flvegan]

13. Me too, but I trust a professional athlete to know

what they can/can't or should/shouldn't do over what I think.

[Brother Buzz]

2. I don't believe she'll be 100%, but I can understand why she wants to compete

[Jacson6]

3. I send good wishes that she will not have another accident that permanently disables her. n/t

[DURHAM D]

4. Amen

[Srkdqltr]

5. I hope she does well and gets a metal.

[Celerity]

9. Medal.

[Srkdqltr]

14. Thank you.

[Greg_In_SF]

6. I'll be

rooting for her.

[tinrobot]

7. She knows her body better than anyone else. Who are we to have an opinion?

That said, I will be rooting for her.

I hope she lets out all the stops and goes for it. It's her last Olympics, why not?

[malaise]

17. Apparently that was not so

She should have withdrawn

[tinrobot]

18. Shoulda... woulda... coulda...

You might want to ask her if she has regrets. I would wager she doesn't. It was her choice.

And her knee wasn't the direct cause of the crash. Her arm clipped the gate. That could have happened to any of the skiers.

[malaise]

19. It's her body and it was her

decision.

[Melon]

8. Hopefully she does well

[CentralMass]

11. I think shes anazing and I wish well and hope she remains safe.

[LudwigPastorius]

12. The brace she'll be using may prevent her from hyperextending her knee and losing her leg, but...

With a functionally absent ACL, further damage to the meniscus and cartilage are a given with the stresses that will occur on that joint.

She must be planning on retiring and getting a total knee replacement after she finishes these Olympic games.

[PCIntern]

15. It's a shame that it didn't work out for her.

[tinrobot]

16. It wasn't even her knee that caused it. Her arm clipped the gate.

Very sad ending to a great career.

[PCIntern]

21. Awful....

Forget skiing that fast, the rescue helicopter ride would have caused ME to stroke out.

[MineralMan]

20. Yesterday, I though it was ill-considered.

I see this morning that I was right. However, she had every right to try. I'm not the one making her decisions.

[tinrobot]

22. She took third place in the training run yesterday

That was the test she needed to decide about racing today. Her knee held up under the stress of racing.

Unfortunately, her arm clipped the gate today and she crashed. Probably wasn't the bad knee.