Lindsey Vonn breaks leg in crash at Winter Olympics, undergoes surgery

By ANDREW DAMPF and PAT GRAHAM

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn’s defiant bid to win the Winter Olympic downhill at the age of 41, on a rebuilt right knee and a badly injured left knee, ended Sunday in a frightening crash that left her with a broken leg and saw her taken to safety by a rescue helicopter for the second time in nine days.

Vonn lost control within moments of leaving the start house, clipping a gate with her right shoulder and pinwheeling down the slope before ending up awkwardly on her back...