Vonn vows to battle back for Sochi Olympics

SCHLADMING, Austria, Feb 6, 2013 (AFP) - Lindsey Vonn vowed on Wednesday to battle back from a season-ending injury sustained in the women's super-G here in a bid to represent the Uni- ted States at next year's Winter Olympics in Sochi.

The ultra-competitive spearhead of the US ski team was left needing surgery on ruptured knee lig- aments and a lateral tibial plateau fracture following a horror crash in Tuesday's opening event of the World Ski Championships.

Vonn, 28, received 12 minutes of on-slope medical attention before helicopter evacuation to a nearby hospital, but she insisted on remaining positive.