The 41-year-old American ruptured her ACL in a crash at a World Cup race in Switzerland on 30 January but was determined to compete at the Olympics nevertheless.
Just 13 seconds into her final run in Cortina, northern Italy, on Sunday, Vonn crashed on the piste, having clipped a slalom gate while mid-air.
The Team USA athlete was heard screaming after the crash as she was surrounded by medical personnel for several minutes.
Vonn was then strapped to a gurney and flown to hospital by helicopter.
The severity of her injuries is not known.
People in the crowd, including rapper Snoop Dogg, watched as the skier crashed and was taken away from the course. Vonn's father was also in the stands and stared at the ground while she was being treated.
Vonn's teammate, Breezy Johnson, won the women's downhill, becoming the second American woman to take the Olympic downhill gold. Vonn was the first US woman to accomplish the feat.
Vonn was considered a medal hopeful despite her ruptured ACL and completed two impressive training runs earlier this week.
She had returned to elite ski racing last season after nearly six years in retirement, having had a partial titanium knee replacement in her right knee.
As well as the ruptured ACL, she also had a bone bruise and meniscus damage.
Sanae Takaichi's coalition is expected to win between 302 and 366 of the 465 seats in the chamber, national broadcaster NHK has predicted.
That is well above the 233 needed for a majority.
It comes after Ms Takaichi, 64, called a rare winter snap election, seeking to capitalise on her own high approval ratings.
Betting on herself, she pledged to secure a majority or step down.
A former heavy metal drummer, she says immigration and tourism has led to "foreigner fatigue" in Japan, and her nationalist rhetoric has stoked tensions with China.
She's also anti-gay marriage and a vocal defender of traditional gender roles, and sees late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher as a role model.
Furthermore, her government plans to step away from Japan's post-war pacifist principles, bolstering the military and lifting a ban on weapons exports.
Ms Takaichi became the nation's first female prime minister in October, pledging to "work, work, work" and nurturing an upbeat image.
She's won support among younger voters and her personal style has been praised by fans, with admirers now facing a nine-month wait to purchase her signature Hamano black bag.
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She became prime minister after taking charge of the struggling Liberal Democratic Party, whose fortunes she is credited with transforming.
The party had grown accustomed to power, having governed almost continuously since its foundation in 1955, except for two brief windows - from 1993 to 1996, and from 2009 to 2012.
But it suffered setbacks in recent years, enduring its one of its worst electoral performances ever in 2024 amid a backdrop of a financial scandal and economic stagnation, and losing its majority in the lower house.
The lower house, or House of Representatives, is the stronger of the two chambers that comprise the National Diet - the Japanese equivalent of parliament.
A stronger hand there will empower Ms Takaichi to make progress on her right-wing agenda, including passing a record-setting 122.3 trillion yen (£565 billion) budget.
The new yellow warning is for south England and large parts of South Wales, and lasts from 12pm on Monday to midnight.
Affected areas include Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Southampton and West Sussex.
In southwest England, areas include Cornwall, Devon, and Dorset, with Cardiff, Swansea and Newport among affected areas in Wales.
The Met Office said: "Bands of rain and heavy showers will move east across southern parts of England and Wales during Monday afternoon and evening.
It added: "10-15mm of rain is likely fairly widely with 20-30mm in some places exposed to the strong south to southeasterly winds."
The warning forecasts spray and flooding on roads "probably making journey times longer".
Bus and train services will probably be impacted with flooding of a few homes and businesses possible, it added.
There will also be a chance of some interruption to power supplies and other services, it continued.
Meanwhile, the Environment Agency has 88 flood warnings in place, mostly across southwest England and the East and West Midlands.
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There are also 223 flood alerts. A flood warning means flooding is expected, and an alert means flooding is possible.
The Met Office said on Thursday that rain had fallen every day of 2026 so far in southwest England and South Wales.
There has been 50% more rainfall than usual in both, the forecaster added.
Both have experienced a far wetter than average January, with 50% more rainfall than usual, the forecasters said.
Sarah Cook, Flood Duty Manager at the Environment Agency, said: "Our thoughts are with all those affected by the ongoing impacts of Storm Chandra, including those whose homes and businesses have sadly been flooded.
"Significant ongoing groundwater flooding impacts remain probable in parts of Dorset and Wiltshire, with minor impacts probable for parts of Hampshire for the next five days, and West Sussex from Saturday.
"Environment Agency teams are out on the ground, to reduce the impact of flooding and support those communities affected. We urge people not to drive through flood water - it is often deeper than it looks and just 30cm of flowing water is enough to float your car."
Officers in riot gear and with shields confronted about 100 protesters, some of whom wore hoods and scarves to cover their faces, after they broke away from a main demonstration and appeared to be trying to reach the Santagiulia Olympic ice hockey rink.
A group of protesters also set off smoke bombs and firecrackers about half a mile (800 metres) from the Olympic Village, where around 1,500 athletes are staying.
Six people were arrested during the altercation, according to police sources.
Around 10,000 people attended the main demonstration in Milan on Saturday, on the first full day of the Winter Olympics, to protest against the environmental, economic and social impact of the Games.
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'Serious sabotage' on the rails
Meanwhile, the train network in northern Italy was hit by an act of "serious sabotage", according to the country's Ministry of Transport.
Police reported three acts of sabotage at three different locations, leading to passenger delays of up to two-and-a-half hours.
Rail infrastructure near Bologna was damaged on Saturday, causing the city's high-speed station to temporarily close, as train journeys were disrupted on the first full day of the Winter Olympics.
A cabin, housing a track switch, was set on fire in an early-morning attack near Pesaro, on the Adriatic coast.
Several hours later, electrical cables used to detect train speeds were found severed in Bologna, while a rudimentary explosive device was discovered by a track at a nearby location.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the incidents, which appeared to have been coordinated, a police spokeswoman said.
Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, who heads up the transport ministry, said of the attacks: "These actions of unprecedented seriousness do not in any way tarnish Italy's image in the world, an image that the games will make even more compelling and positive."
Olympic infrastructure projects criticised
The march was organised by grassroots unions, housing-rights groups and social centre community activists.
Protesters carried cardboard cutouts of trees to represent the trees that were felled to build the new bobsled run in Cortina for the Olympics, arguing that infrastructure projects like this have damaged the environment in mountain communities.
"They bypassed the laws that usually are needed for major infrastructure projects, citing urgency for the Games," one protester said, adding that he was concerned that the private company organising the event would eventually pass on debt to Italian taxpayers.
The International Olympic Committee argues that the Games largely use existing facilities, making them more sustainable.
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Police brought the splinter group of violent protesters under control before the main demonstration finished, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
'ICE out' signs
Some protesters said they were opposed to the deployment of US immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) agents to Italy to provide security to the US delegation of athletes, following previous protests in the buildup to the Games.
US Homeland Security Investigations, an ICE unit that focuses on cross-border crimes, often sends officers to events abroad like the Olympics to help with security.
The ICE unit used to crack down on immigration in the US is known as Enforcement and Removal Operations, and there is no indication its officers have been deployed to Italy.
The child, identified simply as Amalia in the legal challenge, was detained along with her parents on 11 December, amid an ongoing deportation drive by Donald Trump's administration.
Held at a facility in Dilley, Texas, she reportedly developed a fever of 40C (104F) on New Year's Day, started vomiting, suffered diarrhoea, and struggled to breathe.
Her parents took her to the facility's medical clinic eight or nine times, but each time received only basic fever medication, the lawsuit alleges.
By mid-January, she was barely getting enough oxygen, and her blood oxygen levels had plunged to life-threatening lows, the case claims.
Only then was she taken to hospital, where she and her mother were constantly supervised by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the suit says.
It's alleged that her father had to stay behind, unable to communicate with his wife and daughter.
She was diagnosed with COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus, viral bronchitis, and pneumonia, and placed on supplemental oxygen, according to the lawsuit.
After 10 days at Methodist Children's Hospital in San Antonio, she was reportedly returned to the Dilley Facility in the midst of a measles outbreak.
Having lost 10% of her weight, Amalia was given a nebulizer, respiratory medication, and nutritional drinks, but all were seized at the detention centre, the case claims.
So the family was forced to queue in the cold for medication, waiting for hours every day in what's been called a "pill line", only to be denied what doctors had prescribed, according to the suit.
The legal challenge was reported by Sky's US partner, NBC News, which described how medical experts had reviewed Amalia's case and cautioned against returning her to custody.
One physician warned that the child faced a "high risk for medical decompensation and death".
But the family was only released on Friday, after an emergency challenge was filed by Elora Mukherjee, a professor at Columbia Law School who leads its Immigrants' Rights Clinic.
Ms Mukherjee said ICE still had not handed over the toddler's prescriptions and birth certificate.
She said: "Baby Amalia should never have been detained. She nearly died at Dilley."
Amalia's parents, Kheilin Valero Marcano and Stiven Arrieta Prieto, entered the US in 2024 after fleeing their native Venezuela.
Citing political persecution in their homeland, they applied for asylum for themselves and their daughter, who was born in Mexico on the journey north.
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According to the lawsuit, they complied with all requirements, and checked in regularly with immigration authorities. It was during one of these check-ins that they were detained.
Dilley, where they were taken, is more than 500 miles from where they had been living.
Ms Mukherjee called for the release of the hundreds of children and families detained there, warning that they lacked sufficient drinking water, healthy food, education, or proper medical care.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday.
CoreCivic, the company contracted to run Dilley, referred questions about it to the DHS when approached by NBC.
However, the firm said in a statement that "the health and safety of those entrusted to our care" is its greatest priority.