MILAN (AP) — Men's downhill in Alpine skiing starts as the first medal event of the Milan Cortina Olympics and will take place Saturday, which is officially Day 1 of the Games. Also in the spotlight will be U.

Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn said her ACL is “100% gone" after last week’s World Cup crash. However, she remains determined to compete in Sunday’s Olympic women’s Olympic downhill.

Lindsey Vonn passed her first major test since tearing her ACL in a downhill race at the World Cup downhill on Jan. 30.

A week after rupturing the ACL in her left knee, Lindsey Vonn opened her chase for Olympic gold at the age of 41 with an aggressive and successful training run down the Olympia delle Tofane downhill course.

Irish Alpine skier Cormac Comerford is set to compete at the Milan Cortina Olympics, in part, thanks to a crowd-funding campaign to cover safety expenses.

By Alan Baldwin CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 6 (Reuters) - World champion Breezy Johnson was relieved to complete the first training session for the women's Olympic downhill on Friday but the American was still not about to let down her guard.

After several Olympics on unfamiliar slopes, Cortina's Olympia delle Tofane is a popular host for women's Alpine's top skiers.

American skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle was fastest in the opening downhill training session of the Milan Cortina Games.