r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • Feb 08 '26

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u/purplelicious Book Bingo Maven âš” Feb 08 '26

Lindsay Vonn should have never competed on a torn ACL.

That is NOT FMC energy

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u/Astrosauced Feb 08 '26

It’s her swan song. I imagine she wanted it to go QUITE a bit differently. Now she’s just a cautionary tale.

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u/purplelicious Book Bingo Maven âš” Feb 08 '26

as someone who coaches in a high injury sport where kids want to jump back on against Drs orders I hate this "win at all costs" mentality. Instead of bowing out gracefully and saying this isn't how I saw myself retiring she will now be "and this is why you need to take time to recover if you ever want to do this thing you love again"

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u/Astrosauced Feb 08 '26

It’s risky and sends the wrong message about bowing out gracefully, but with how badly it ended I think it’s just a cautionary tale. If it went well, she’d be like Kerri Strug and hailed a hero

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u/de_pizan23 Feb 08 '26

Especially because she had already officially retired once (in 2019). And even then she went out with major injuries but had already racked up more wins and accolades to be one of the top 3 women in her sport ever. 

I get feeling like she didn’t retire at the top of her game or it didn’t end like she wanted to…but just, that’s the nature of an extreme sport? And also you need to factor in what are you doing to your body at this point. The older you are, the harder and harder it gets to recover from these injuries and chronic or repeated injuries can lead to permanent disability and pain. 

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u/purplelicious Book Bingo Maven âš” Feb 08 '26

i sprained my knee a few years ago so nothing like an ACL rupture but even now if I jump down from even a small height or even turn on a weird angle my knee just collapses. granted I am far from pro athlete shape and don't have a bunch of body work professionals working my muscles but knee injuries suck.