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Lindsey Vonn is distraught: latest message from hospital lengthens ordeal

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Lindsey Vonn without respite: on Saturday the U.S. champion, who fell last Sunday during the downhill at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, will have to undergo another surgery. It will be her fourth since being admitted to Ca’Foncello Hospital in Treviso. For her, the ordeal is not over: after the’last surgery she may be able to return to the United States, where what is hoped will be her last operation awaits her.

“Here in the hospital have been very hard days” she said in a video posted on her Instagram profile, “I finally feel more like myself but I have a very long road ahead of me. Tomorrow I will have another surgery, then if it goes well I hope I can leave the’hospital and go home, where I may need another surgery”.

Lindsey Vonn suffered a dislocated fracture in her left tibia, which is currently being treated with an external fixator, shown in a photo of the athlete on social: “I don&#8217t know exactly what this will entail, but more or less the situation is like this. I am here really bad, but I have a lot of friends and family to keep me company”.

Luca FranzosiLindsey Vonn, tremendous fall and end of Olympic dream in Cortina: photos

Lindsey Vonn falls after very few seconds in the downhill on the Tofane'Olympia at Milan-Cortina 2026.
Thus ends the attempt to rewrite history by the champion. Astonished audience.
The race is immediately stopped after the fall of the American champion.
She closes in tears the dream of winning an Olympic medal at 41 years old.

Vonn aimed to overtake compatriot Breezy Johnson, in the lead up to that point.
Started with bib 13, she chooses a very high line at the'entrance of the first crossbar.
He hits a goal with his right shoulder, loses his balance and falls ruinously.

The'impact takes place on the'Olympia of the Tofane, a track where he had already triumphed twelve times in his career.
The screams of pain of the champion break the silence of Cortina.

In previous days she had revealed the complete rupture of the cruciate ligament in Crans Montana.
The'injury had occurred in the'last World Cup race before the Olympics.
The first responders arrive immediately on the track after the fall.
Vonn is immobilized and loaded onto the toboggan by rescuers.
The'helicopter transports away the American champion from the Tofane.

The 41-year-old skier thanked fans for their affection and for the many letters of solidarity she has received in recent days. Meanwhile, she tries to follow the Olympics as best she can: “Go Team USA, you are wonderful to watch. Onward and upward, I am watching you”.

Vonn did not regret trying to do the downhill with a broken knee: “I also knew that racing was a risk. It always has been and always will be: an incredibly dangerous sport. And just like in downhill skiing, in life we take risks. We dream. We love. We throw ourselves. And sometimes we fall”.

“Sometimes the heart breaks. Sometimes we do not achieve the dreams we know we can achieve. But that is also the beauty of life: we can try. I have tried. I dreamed. I launched myself”.

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