let's go to london and talk more about this with cnn's christina mcfarland. what happened? >> well, for anyone that might have seen the video earlier of the crash, brooke, it really was horrific. she seemed to buckle on her right knee as she was going down the super g race, just as she came over a jump. and had to be airlifted to hospital. so it is a serious crash. and a fairly serious injury. we were able to speak to her accident surgeon just earlier and he told us that she's torn two ligaments in her right knee, she doesn't require an immediate operation, but the u.s. ski team are deciding whether or not to airlift her, take her back to the united states right now, so her season is over. >> i'm no lindsey vonn, i tore my acl skiing in colorado and let me tell you, that rehab is not fun, especially if it is your lifetime, your work, your career. christina mcfarland, thank you. >>> a group of spanish tourist were vacationing in beautiful acapulco, mexico, when the unthinkable happened. the middle of the night, sound asleep, a group of armed and hooded men burst into their r

joining me from london is christina mcfarland, host of cnn's alpine edge. i'm joined on the telephone by john meyer, who is a sports columnist with the denver post and also a collaborator on lindsey vonn's blog. christine, let me start with you. the nuts and bolts about this race and what happened on the slopes that had her being taken away by helicopter. >> reporter: that's right, ashleigh. i managed to see the video of her fall about half an hour ago. i can tell you it looked pretty nasty her right knee seemed to buckle underneath her as she went down in the competition. which is a shame. this is the -- lindsay has won this four times in a row, she would have been confident going into today. the video i saw earlier, it looked like a very serious crash. the athletes who were waiting for her at the bottom of the run were astounded looking up and watching this unfold on the top of the course. as you say, she was air lifted to the hospital. and as you say it's been reported she has a complex knee injury. this is bad news for an athlete, who is the biggest nam

christina mcfarland, host of alpine edge. tell us, first of all, do we know where she is and how she's doing? >> hi, suzanne. yes, she's in a hospital, airlifted to hospital from the place close to where the tournament is taking place. in the last ten minutes, we've been able to confirm from her surgeon, treating her at the moment she has sustained a torn ligament to the right knee. however, no immediate operation will be necessary for her at this time, and apparently the ski association considering whether or not to take her, fly her back to the united states. >> what does this mean for her skiing future? do we know? >> well, it not great for her skiing future. we spoke to her in december, and she was excited about this season, on the cusp of breaking the world record of number of world cup wins. looking to next year, it's the winter olympics, the big one on the horizon, whether she'll be ready to defend the gold medal is another question altogether. >> when we see the video of that, give us a sense of what was it like on th