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U.S. Olympian Lindsey Vonn said Monday she hasn’t been able to stand for more than a week, but is happy to be back in the United States.
Vonn suffered immense Olympic heartbreak on Feb. 8 when she broke her leg in a serious fall during a women’s downhill in alpine skiing earlier at the Milan Cortina 2026 Games. She tried to overcome a torn ACL to reach the podium, but the latest injury set her back.
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Lindsey Vonn (R) of the United States speaks to her Norwegian coach Aksel Lund Svindal (L) before an official practice for the women’s downhill event during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Tofane Alpine Ski Center in Cortina d’Ampezzo, February 7, 2026. (Marco BERTORELLO / AFP via Getty Images)
She had since revealed that she had undergone several surgeries to repair her leg. She said she would likely need further surgery in the United States.
“I haven’t gotten up in over a week…I’ve been in a hospital bed, immobile since my run. And even though I’m not yet able to stand, being back on my floor feels amazing,” she wrote in an article on X.
“A big thank you to everyone in Italy for taking good care of me.”
Vonn, 41, had to be airlifted from an Italian mountain during a frightening scene during her downhill competition.
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Lindsey Vonn races down the course during official women’s alpine skiing training at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, February 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati))
Officials at an Italian hospital where Vonn was rushed after the accident said she underwent surgery to “stabilize a reported fracture to her left leg.” Vonn had said she suffered a “complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to properly repair.”
Before the Games began, many wondered how Vonn would ski with her torn ACL, but she was determined to try to medal in her signature event. Her races on Friday and Saturday went well, but she lost control a few seconds into her race and things got very serious after that.
Vonn said last week that she doesn’t regret her decision to run.
“Even though yesterday didn’t end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets. Standing in the starting gate yesterday was an incredible feeling that I will never forget,” she wrote in another post on Instagram. “Knowing that I had a chance to win was a victory in itself. I also knew that racing was a risk. It has always been and always will be an incredibly dangerous sport.
“And like ski racing, we take risks in life. We dream. We love. We jump. And sometimes we fall. Sometimes our hearts are broken. Sometimes we don’t achieve the dreams we know we can have. But that’s also the beauty of life; we can try.
American Lindsey Vonn crashes during a women’s alpine ski race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, February 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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“I tried. I dreamed. I jumped.”
