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NPR (Rachel Treisman) - For U.S. pairs skater Danny O'Shea, these Olympics are 30 years in the making

Danny O'Shea turned 35 at his first Olympics, after three decades of skating and two reversed retirements.

NPR (Becky Sullivan) - Lindsey Vonn says she suffered 'complex tibia fracture' in her Olympic downhill crash

The 41-year-old star said her torn ACL was not a factor in her crash. "While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets," she wrote.

NPR (Becky Sullivan) - Lindsey Vonn is set to ski the Olympic downhill race with a torn ACL. How?

An ACL tear would keep almost any other athlete from competing -- but not Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old superstar skier who is determined to cap off an incredible comeback from retirement with one last shot at an Olympic medal.

JUSTTHENEWS (Joseph Weber) - US skier Lindsey Vonn crashes in final race before Winter Olympics, putting comeback into question

The 41-year-old Olympian injured her left knee. In 2024, She had partial knee replacement surgery in her right knee.