Lindsey Vonn Airlifted After Accident
MALVEAUX: In Austria today, American skiing sensation Lindsey Vonn airlifted to the hospital after a crash on the slopes. A hospital says Vonn suffered a complex knee injury on opening day of the Super-G event al the Alpine Ski World championships. Christina Macfarlane, host of "Alpine Edge." Tell us, first of all, do we know where she is and how she's doing?</s>CHRISTINA MACFARLANE, HOST, "ALPINE EDGE": 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 10 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.</s>MALVEAUX: what does this mean for her skiing future? Do we know?</s>MACFARLANE: 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.</s>MALVEAUX: When we see the video of that, give us a sense of what was it like on the slopes, conditions that caused this accident. Do we have any idea what was behind this?</s>MACFARLANE: Yes. It was a very cloudy morning on the place, I understand, so much so they were deciding whether or not to let the race go ahead. When Lindsey had her crash, there was an outcry from skiers, fellow skiers below that this shouldn't have been allowed to take place, given the conditions. And the ski world, of course, shocked that on the first day of the major championship such an event, that arguably the biggest skier in living history at the moment has sustained such an injury.</s>MALVEAUX: Do we know if they're continuing their event, the competition, in light of this?</s>MACFARLANE: I believe so, yes. I think they'll take the conditions into account in the days to come, but there's a raft of events set to take place over the next two weeks. And the event itself, I mean, it's reported that they've invested $584 million in the event. I think it will continue to take place but without its biggest star, Lindsey Vonn.</s>MALVEAUX: What a loss there. Thank you very much, Christina. Really appreciate it and we certainly hope that she recovers well. In Syria, Christians are siding with the government of Bashar al Assad. They are helping his forces to fight off the rebels. We're going to explain why and what it means for the bloody civil war.