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Lindsey Vonn shattered her left leg and broke her right ankle 13 seconds into her downhill race on Feb. 8 early in the Milan Cortina Olympics. The 41-year-old skier clipped a gate and crashed, ultimately needing a slew of surgeries to treat her left leg, which could have been lost due to compartment syndrome, as reported by Vanity Fair on Thursday.
In Elise Taylor’s cover story for the magazine, Vonn and others detailed her exhausting hospital experience after her devastating airlift.
The 2010 Olympic downhill gold medalist and four-time overall World Cup champion also said she’s not ruling out a return to ski racing.
“I don’t like to close the door on anything, because you just never know what’s going to happen,” Vonn told Vanity Fair. “I have no idea what my life will be like in two years or three years or four years. I could have two kids by then. I could have no kids and want to race again. I could live in Europe. I could be doing anything.”
She added, per Vanity Fair: “It’s hard to tell with this injury. It’s so f***ed up. I really feel like that was a horrible last run to end my career on. … I only made it 13 seconds. But they were a really good 13 seconds.”
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In addition to the injuries Vonn sustained in Italy, she’s recovering from a torn left ACL that he she suffered nine days before the downhill final during a World Cup race in Switzerland.
Vonn and her coach told Vanity Fair, though, that her ACL tear didn’t lead to her Olympic crash.
Vonn reached this year’s Games after ranking first in the downhill standings in late January. Her climb back up the ladder started when she surprisingly announced she was coming back to the sport in November 2024.
She un-retired after spending nearly six years away from racing and began her latest Olympic push at 40 years old.
Eventually, Vonn began winning again. By the time the 2026 Olympics rolled around, she was once again a gold medal contender, this time in her 40s. She felt confident in her ability even after her ACL tear in the Swiss Alps.
Then came her spill on the on the 2,572-meter Olympia Delle Tofane course and weeks of hospital time.
“I don’t want people to hang on this crash and be remembered for that,” Vonn told Vanity Fair. “What I did before the Olympics has never been done before. I was number one in the standings. No one remembers that I was winning.”
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In Elise Taylor’s cover story for the magazine, Vonn and others detailed her exhausting hospital experience after her devastating airlift.
The 2010 Olympic downhill gold medalist and four-time overall World Cup champion also said she’s not ruling out a return to ski racing.
“I don’t like to close the door on anything, because you just never know what’s going to happen,” Vonn told Vanity Fair. “I have no idea what my life will be like in two years or three years or four years. I could have two kids by then. I could have no kids and want to race again. I could live in Europe. I could be doing anything.”
She added, per Vanity Fair: “It’s hard to tell with this injury. It’s so f***ed up. I really feel like that was a horrible last run to end my career on. … I only made it 13 seconds. But they were a really good 13 seconds.”
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In addition to the injuries Vonn sustained in Italy, she’s recovering from a torn left ACL that he she suffered nine days before the downhill final during a World Cup race in Switzerland.
Vonn and her coach told Vanity Fair, though, that her ACL tear didn’t lead to her Olympic crash.
Vonn reached this year’s Games after ranking first in the downhill standings in late January. Her climb back up the ladder started when she surprisingly announced she was coming back to the sport in November 2024.
She un-retired after spending nearly six years away from racing and began her latest Olympic push at 40 years old.
Eventually, Vonn began winning again. By the time the 2026 Olympics rolled around, she was once again a gold medal contender, this time in her 40s. She felt confident in her ability even after her ACL tear in the Swiss Alps.
Then came her spill on the on the 2,572-meter Olympia Delle Tofane course and weeks of hospital time.
“I don’t want people to hang on this crash and be remembered for that,” Vonn told Vanity Fair. “What I did before the Olympics has never been done before. I was number one in the standings. No one remembers that I was winning.”
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