She needed just three years after rupturing her cruciate ligament in 2005 before she was back on the winners' rostrum.
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Cruciate
//ˈkɹuː.ʃi.ət//
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After tearing her cruciate ligament in 2005, she took just three years to get back on the winners' rostrum.
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Knee surgeons at the University of Leuven in Belgium described, for the first time, a previously unknown ligament in the knee. The anterolateral ligament (ALL) appears to play an important role in patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears.
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Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.
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