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Italian golfer Andrea Pavan is walking with crutches just one week after plunging down an empty elevator shaft and fracturing several vertebrae. He calls his recovery "like a miracle" after doctors said he might never walk again.
Olympic ski champion Lindsey Vonn completed her first downhill training run just one week after completely tearing her ACL, an injury that typically sidelines athletes for a year. The 41-year-old is defying medical odds to compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics on a course where she's won 12 World Cup races.
Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn completed training runs on a completely torn ACL and will compete in Sunday's downhill event. Her mental coach calls her pain tolerance "one of one" among elite athletes.