When the helicopter picked up its patient and flew over the Tofana finish area on the way to the hospital, the fans applauded encouragingly towards the sky. In this way they hoped to provide at least a little bit of support for the suffering that the deported ski racer Lindsey Vonn experienced on Sunday in the Olympic downhill run in Cortina. With the victory of her US teammate Breezy Johnson, who prevailed over the German Emma Aicher and the Italian Sofia Goggia, Vonn’s hunt for one last medal at a major event ended tragically.
