Lindsey Vonn Shares Photos From Her Hospital Room After Her Third Surgery

MILAN — In a societal media station pursuing her harrowing crash at nan Milan Cortina Olympics, Lindsey Vonn said she is already connected nan roadworthy to recovery.

“I had my 3rd room coming and it was successful. Success coming has a wholly different meaning than it did a fewer days ago,” Vonn wrote successful a station connected Instagram connected Wednesday. “I’m making advancement and while it is slow, I cognize I’ll beryllium ok.”

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Vonn, nan 41-year-old legendary skier, was competing successful nan Alpine women’s downhill arena connected Sunday erstwhile she clipped a rod and collapsed little than 15 seconds into her run. Vonn was heard screaming successful symptom while lying successful nan snowfall earlier she was airlifted disconnected nan course.

In a photograph Vonn posted, her near limb tin beryllium seen successful an outer fixator, a instrumentality typically utilized to stabilize nan limb and minimize swelling.

Vonn was competing astatine nan Olympics contempt tearing her ACL during a World Cup arena successful precocious January.

In her post, she besides expressed gratitude for nan support she’s received since her latest crash.

“Thankful for each of nan unthinkable aesculapian staff, friends, family, who person been by my broadside and nan beautiful outpouring of emotion and support from group astir nan world,” Vonn wrote. “Also, immense congrats to my teammates and each of nan Team USA athletes who are retired location inspiring maine and giving maine thing to cheer for.”

Vonn is 1 of nan astir accomplished skiers successful nan history of nan sport. Her 84 World Cup victories are 2nd all-time down only chap American Mikaela Shiffrin. Vonn has besides won 3 Olympic medals, including 1 gold.

Unfortunately, injuries person played a awesome domiciled successful Vonn’s career.

In 2013, she tore nan ACL and MCL successful her correct knee and fractured her correct limb successful a clang astatine nan World Championships. Later that aforesaid year, she re-injured her ACL, preventing her from competing successful nan 2014 Winter Olympics.

In August 2015, she collapsed an ankle successful a clang successful New Zealand, past sustained fractures successful her near knee nan pursuing February.

In 2018, Vonn tore nan LCL successful her near knee and sustained 3 fractures successful nan aforesaid limb aft a clang during training, and nan adjacent twelvemonth announced her retirement.

In April of 2024, Vonn announced she had undergone a knee replacement surgery, but later that twelvemonth she announced her comeback to skiing.

Following her latest wounded this month, Vonn’s begetter said he hopes she retires for good.

“She’s 41 years old, and this is nan extremity of her career,” Alan Kildow told The Associated Press. “There will beryllium nary much skis races for Lindsey Vonn arsenic agelong arsenic I person thing to opportunity astir it.”