By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN

Reuters

Ted Ligety, above, Sarah Hendrickson and Mikaela Shiffrin are strong medal contenders for the U.S. at the Sochi Games.

Park City, Utah

Most People who saw the footage of American all-everything skier Lindsey Vonn somersaulting over the snow on an Austrian mountain this week, shredding her knee ligaments and breaking her tibia in the process, figured they had just seen the end of the U.S. Olympic team’s chances at next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Put away the star-spangled cowbells. Leave Old Glory at the bottom of the mountain. Cue up your favorite recording of Mozart’s “Requiem.”

via U.S. Ski Team Pins Hopes for Sochi on Science – WSJ.com.