Milan — Lindsey Vonn responded to a journalist’s submit on social media Monday, the primary message immediately from the star Crew USA skier after she broke a leg in a devastating crash the day prior to this on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
“Thanks Dan,” Vonn mentioned, responding to an extended assertion posted by British sports activities commentator Dan Walker, who wished Vonn effectively and lauded her resilience.
The Italian hospital the place she’s being handled launched a press release Sunday saying Vonn suffered a fractured leg in “a nasty fall” throughout her ladies’s downhill race in Cortina.
She “was handled by workers from the Regional Olympic Medical Service and instantly airlifted to the Codivilla Polyclinic, managed by the Native Well being Authority,” the hospital mentioned Sunday.
“Diagnostic assessments had been carried out and a choice was made to switch her to Ca’ Foncello Hospital in Treviso. The American athlete was admitted to the hospital and brought care of by a multidisciplinary staff. This afternoon, she underwent orthopedic surgical procedure to stabilize the fracture in her left leg,” the hospital added.
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Vonn, 41, crashed throughout her downhill race on Sunday after deciding to compete within the Winter Video games regardless of rupturing her left ACL in a crash throughout a World Cup occasion within the Swiss Alps every week earlier.
The American, who got here out of retirement to compete within the 2026 Winter Video games, had mentioned she felt assured she might nonetheless end the race regardless of her damage, with the assistance of a knee brace.
However seconds into the race, Vonn misplaced management after clipping a flag marking the aspect of the course, flew sideways within the air and hit her head on the bottom. She was responsive however didn’t rise up. Medical personnel put her on a stretcher and airlifted her from the course.
“She’ll be OK, however it is going to be a little bit of a course of,” U.S. Ski and Snowboard chief of sport Anouk Patty mentioned Sunday. “This sport’s brutal and other people want to recollect after they’re watching, these athletes are throwing themselves down a mountain and going actually, actually quick.”
