"American ski athlete Lindsey Vonn said on Monday she had suffered a complex tibia fracture when she crashed in the Winter Olympics downhill and would need multiple surgeries. While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets, Vonn said on her social media, from the hospital in Italy where she is being treated."
"Vonn, 41, insisted that the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament she suffered in a crash in a World Cup race before the Milan-Cortina Games had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever. I was simply 5 inches too tight on my line when my right arm hooked inside of the gate, twisting me and resulted in my crash, she added. I sustained a complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly."
Lindsey Vonn crashed heavily in the Winter Olympics downhill and sustained a complex tibia fracture that will require multiple surgeries. She underwent surgery for a fractured left leg and is being treated in a hospital in Treviso, Italy, after being winched off the piste by a rescue helicopter. Vonn said she has no regrets about competing despite intense pain and defended her decision to race. She said a prior ruptured ACL was unrelated and described the crash as occurring when her right arm hooked a gate after being five inches off her line. The crash happened 13 seconds into her run and may be career-ending for the 41-year-old who had recently resumed her career in late 2024 and recorded multiple World Cup podiums before a pre-Olympics crash.
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