Lindsey Vonn made headlines for competing in Milan with a torn ACL, but she was one-upped in extreme toughness by Spain’s Ana Alonso Rodriguez who managed to win bronze after sustaining a laundry list of injuries in a car accident four months ago.
Alonso was training in Granada in October when she was hit by a car while cycling. This wasn’t a small accident either, with the athlete sustaining a torn ACL, MCL, a fractured bone in her ankle, substantial swelling in her knee, as well as a separated shoulder — all affecting the left side of her body. The 31-year-old had an impossible decision to make: Get surgery and
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