From The Sports Desk: Vonn Has 'no Regrets' - Beritaja

Lindsey Vonn said Monday that she’ll request aggregate surgeries for the surgery limb she suffered successful her devastating crash astatine the Winter Olympics, but said the mishap had “nothing to do” pinch her deciding to skis pinch a torn ACL.

“I was simply 5 inches excessively tight connected my statement erstwhile my correct limb hooked wrong of the gate, twisting maine and resulted successful my crash,” she said connected Instagram successful her first connection since the crash. “My ACL and past injuries had thing to do pinch my clang whatsoever.”

“While yesterday did not extremity the measurement I had hoped, and contempt the aggravated beingness symptom it caused, I person nary regrets.”

Her begetter said he believes that’s the past clip we’ll spot the Olympic champion race.

“She’s 41 years aged and this is the extremity of her career,” Alan Kildow told The Associated Press. Kildow said his girl is still successful the infirmary and is recovering arsenic good arsenic could beryllium expected.

“She’s a very, very beardown person. And truthful I deliberation she’s handling it existent well.”

Meanwhile, successful Milan, we besides saw plentifulness of action successful freestyle skiing, women’s lucky and more.

Here’s what went down connected a engaged time astatine the Games. Catch it each streaming connected Peacock.

Live from Milan Cortina

Team USA’s Evan Bates and Madison Chock secured 2nd spot pinch a people of 89.72 pursuing a rousing stone medley up of Wednesday’s free dance. France’s Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron stay successful first spot pinch a people of 90.18.

The hit creation arena does not consequence successful a badge but the apical 20 teams will beforehand into Wednesday’s free creation event.

Earlier successful the night, Erin Jackson competed successful the 1,000-meter speedskating arena pinch a clip of 1:15.00. She vanished successful sixth, and her teammate and puerility friend Brittany Bowe was 1 spot disconnected the podium successful fourth. Two skaters from the Netherlands, Jutta Leerdam and Femke Kok took the apical 2 spots. Jackson is still group to take sides her 2022 golden badge successful the 500-meter connected Feb. 16.

In mixed doubles curling, U.S. squad Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin defeated Italy successful melodramatic manner connected the last stone. With the U.S. trailing, Thiesse stuck the last changeable for a 7-6 triumph that sends the U.S. to the golden badge lucifer tomorrow against Sweden.

Athlete Interview

Jutta Leerdam of Team Netherlands celebrates aft breaking the Olympic grounds during Speed Skating Women's 1000m connected Monday, Feb. 9. Joosep Martinson / Getty Images

To the grade that American audiences knew of Jutta Leerdam earlier today, it was apt successful the discourse of her engagement to Jake Paul, the boxer and influencer. That off-ice notoriety had added “a batch of pressure,” Leerdam said. “A batch of group not ever wishing maine the best. … I’m truthful conscionable 100% focused connected skating, moreover though sometimes group whitethorn beryllium confused because of online. But this is what I’ve been moving difficult for my full life.”

She was referencing a recently earned golden badge dangling from a ribbon about her cervix that she would not fto retired of her grasp. Leerdam won it the “hard way” — breaking an Olympic grounds that had been group only minutes earlier by a Netherlands teammate, Femke Kok, each while skating successful the 15th and last brace of the competition.

Jake Paul astatine the Milano Speed Skating Stadium connected Monday, Feb. 9.DeFodi Images / DeFodi Images via Getty Images

Leerdam instantly tore disconnected the aerodynamic hood and glasses from her orangish speedsuit and began crying, her eyeliner moving down her cheeks.

Watching lucky alongside Vice President JD Vance 2 days earlier, Paul appeared arsenic casual arsenic could be. But watching his fiancée triumph Olympic gold?

He “can’t extremity crying,” Leerdam said.

Leerdam wanted to savor her victory. Some athletes hurry done question and reply zones, but she paused to present dozens of interviews successful Dutch, English and German.

“The champion time of my life, I think,” she said.

Photo of the Day

Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin of Team United States successful their lucifer against Team Italy connected Monday, Feb. 9. Carmen Mandato / Getty Images

When to watch

On Tuesday, we’ll spot Mikaela Shiffrin for the first clip astatine these Games successful the women’s squad mixed slalom. Other highlights see USA vs. Canada successful women’s lucky and a imaginable golden badge for Team USA successful curling mixed doubles.All times are successful Eastern and an asterisk intends its a badge event:

Tuesday, Feb. 10

• 3:10 a.m.: cross-country skiing, women’s sprint-classic qualification
• 3:55 a.m.: cross-country skiing, men’s sprint-classic qualification
• 4:30 a.m.: Alpine skiing, women’s squad mixed downhill
• 4:30 a.m.: speedskating, women’s 500-meter heats
• 5:10 a.m.: speedskating, men’s 1,000-meter heats
• 5:15 a.m.: freestyle skiing, men’s moguls qualification
• 5:45 a.m.: cross-country skiing, women’s sprint-classic quarterfinals
• 5:59 a.m.: speedskating, mixed squad relay quarterfinals
• 6:10 a.m.: women’s hockey, Japan vs. Sweden
• 6:15 a.m.: cross-country skiing, men’s sprint-classic quarterfinals
• 6:30 a.m.: freestyle skiing, men’s freeski slopestyle finals*
• 6:34 a.m.: speedskating, mixed squad relay semifinals
• 6:45 a.m.: cross-country skiing, women’s sprint-classic semifinals
• 6:57 a.m.: cross-country skiing, men’s sprint-classic semifinals
• 7:03 a.m.: speedskating, mixed squad relay finals*
• 7:13 a.m.: cross-country skiing, women’s sprint-classic finals*
• 7:25 a.m.: cross-country skiing, men’s sprint-classic finals*
• 7:30 a.m.: biathlon, men’s 20K individual
• 8 a.m.: Alpine skiing, women’s squad mixed slalom*
• 8:05 a.m.: curling, mixed doubles bronze badge game*
• 8:15 a.m.: freestyle skiing, women’s moguls qualifications
• 10:40 a.m.: women’s hockey, Italy vs. Germany
• 11 a.m.: luge, women’s singles tally 3
• 12:05 p.m.: curling, mixed doubles golden badge game*
• 12:30 p.m.: fig skating, men’s azygous skate, short program
• 12:34 p.m.: luge, women’s singles tally 4*
• 12:45 p.m.: skis jumping, mixed squad first round
• 2 p.m.: skis jumping, mixed squad last round*
• 2:10 p.m.: women’s hockey, USA vs. Canada
• 3:10 p.m.: women’s hockey, Finland vs. Switzerland