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Lindsey Vonn Discharged, Preparing to Leave Italy After Winter Olympics Crash, Officials Say
Lindsey Vonn is set to return to the U.S. for further surgeries after multiple operations in Italy for a complex tibia fracture from her Olympic crash, officials said.
- On February 15, 2026, Lindsey Vonn is preparing to return to the United States for further treatment after wiping out in the women's Olympic downhill last weekend, Sophie Goldschmidt said.
- Vonn came out of retirement to race at the Winter Games despite a torn ACL sustained nine days earlier and a partial titanium knee replacement, while her arm hooking a gate caused a spinning crash and complex tibia fracture.
- Discharged from Ca' Foncello Hospital in Treviso on Sunday morning, Vonn posted a social media video saying she might return to the U.S. after surgery.
- Medical staff say additional surgeries are expected, and it is unclear whether Vonn will need immediate U.S. hospitalization, but `she's not in pain.` Goldschmidt said.
- In an Instagram post Vonn said she has no regrets and reflected on her crash: `When I think back on my crash, I didn't stand in the starting gate unaware of the potential consequences`, emphasizing `Nothing in life is guaranteed.
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Lindsey Vonn back in US following crash in Olympic downhill
Lindsey Vonn is back home in the U.S. following a week of treatment at a hospital in Italy after breaking her left leg in the Olympic downhill at the Milan Cortina Games.
Almost ten days after the great drama on the women's descent, Lindsey Vonn left Italy. The US ski star is back home - and overjoyed. But also in the USA she has to go under the knife again.
"It immediately made me cry and filled my heart," Lindsey Vonn wrote on Instagram to a touching video, in which she gave insights into her one-week life in the hospital after her fall in the Olympic Downhill. The 41-year-old had been seriously injured at the Olympic Games, had to be operated on several times and spent a week in the hospital. Now she was allowed to travel home to the USA and showed herself visibly moved on Instagram. "Thankfully …
Lindsey Vonn has landed in the USA after her severe injury at Olympia. Further operations are ahead of her, the way to recovery seems far, as a new message from the ski star shows.
Lindsey Vonn has landed in the USA after her severe injury at Olympia. Further operations are ahead of her, the way to recovery seems far, as a new message from the ski star shows.
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