On a damp February night in 2021, I was parked in a gravel lot waiting for my daughter's soccer practice to wrap up. Through the windshield, I could see another player, Ella Goldsmith, head bowed, back against a fence, as worried coaches hovered around her.

Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy -- The images of Lindsey Vonn down on the snow, screaming in pain and then being airlifted off the course by helicopter after her crash at the Olympics were a stark reminder of the dangers of the downhill.