Lindsey Vonn live updates: Winter Olympics latest as skiing icon undergoes surgery after horror crash

Great Britain’s Kirsty Muir was denied by a bronze medal in freeski slopestyle by a mere four-tenths of a point, with the Scot in tears after the result.

Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud won gold – to the delight of a large Swiss contingent in Livigno – with China’s Eileen Gu and Canada’s Megan Oldham rounding out the podium.

21-year-old Muir looked excellent on the first half of her first run, the three sections of rails, but came unstuck on her penultimate jump – a double cork 1080 – and only scored 37.15, putting her in provisional 10th.

But Italian ski great Alberto Tomba insists her downfall on the slopes came after a move to race at Crans-Montana last month.

The American has been criticised over her desire to win one more race, with Tomba insisting it led to a chain of risks that eventually caught up with her in the form of a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament on her left knee.

• 1pm–2.20pm: Men’s team combined (slalom) 🏅

• 5.05pm–7.05pm: Mixed doubles semi-finals

• 6.20pm–9.55pm: Ice dance rhythm dance

• 3.40pm–6.10pm: Women’s preliminary round
• 7.10pm–9.40pm: Women’s preliminary round
• 8.10pm–10.40pm: Women’s preliminary round

• 4pm–6.20pm: Women’s singles runs 1 and 2

• 6pm–8.15pm: Men’s normal hill individual 🏅

• 6.30pm–8.05pm: Women’s snowboard big air final 🏅

• 4.30pm–6.05pm: Women’s 1000m 🏅

The 41-year-old was the 13th of 36 racers to take to the Olympia delle Tofane course in Cortina d’Ampezzo, where she has won a record 12 World Cups.

But she crashed hard in the top section of the course at approximately 60mph after overshooting a turn and catching her shoulder on the fourth gate, having already picked up significant speed. That set her off balance, with her injured left leg – which has no functioning ACL – giving way.

British freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy has spoken out about the “awful” abuse and vitriol he has received since posting a photo about his stance on the United States’ immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) policy.

In a post on his Instagram account, Kenworthy – who was born in Chelmsford but has lived in the US for most of his life – expressed his views on ICE with a graphic message in the snow and posted it online.

The 34-year-old has since released a video post explaining his reasoning behind the message and how he has been sent “insane” responses for speaking out against ICE.

Britain’s Kirsty Muir struggles to hold back the tears as she digests her fourth-placed finish in the women’s slopestyle final.

“I’ll be proud of myself in a minute, I’m just in a bit of a hole at the moment but I’ll get out of there. I’ve still got the big air to come.”

Mathilde Gremaud receives her gold medal as the Swiss flag is raised, and she bursts into tears. China’s Eileen Gu and Canada’s Megan Oldham are there to console and embrace the champion.

US skier Lindsey Vonn needed two operations on the broken leg suffered in her crash yesterday, reports Reuters.

The procedures “were intended to prevent complications linked to swelling and blood flow”, according to the report.

It had earlier been confirmed by the hospital in Treviso that Vonn underwent an operation to stabilise her left leg after the incident.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in northern Italy as Milan-Cortina plays host to the century-old sporting event.

Norway are historically the most successful nation in the Winter Games and the Norwegians are once again favourites to top the medal table, having claimed 16 golds in Beijing four years ago, four more than second-placed Germany.

The USA are expected to put up a strong challenge to Norway’s dominance, while Germany and Canada are also expected to enjoy plenty of success. Host nation Italy are also hopeful of a top-10 finish in the standings, as are their Alpine neighbours France and Switzerland.

So, Mathilde Gremaud wins gold with 86.96, while China’s Eileen Gu finishes with silver after a score of 86.58 and Canada’s Megan Oldham takes bronze with 76.46.

Kirsty Muir misses out on a medal by a score of 0.41 in the end!