Lindsey Vonn crashed during the women's downhill alpine skiing final while skiing on a left ruptured anterior cruciate ligament. Organisers had to pause the event for around 20 minutes after the American went down in pain and could be heard screaming in agony.

Vonn, 41, was the first American woman to win a gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. The four-time world champion retired nine years later but returned to the sport just over a year ago with a partially replaced right knee.

Five-time Olympic skier Graham Bell commentating on BBC Two at the time. He said: "Oh no, she's gone; she has crashed. She did everything she could, she has gone on the top of the course, and the crowd are stunned. She took all of the risks to get here; she proved in the training run that she could get to the starting gate."

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