Vonn's Injury Poses More Olympic Opportunity Than Threat for NBC

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Lindsey Vonn’s absence from next year’s Olympics would be a big blow for Comcast Corp.’s NBC unit -- and an opportunity.

The attempt by the 29-year-old American to defend her Olympic downhill skiing gold medal is in jeopardy after she reinjured a surgically repaired ligament in her right knee in a training crash two days ago at Copper Mountain, Colorado.