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Lindsey Vonn reveals more shocking details about her serious injury

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Lindsey Vonn has finally returned home just over two weeks after her terrible fall in the downhill at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. The U.S. champion, already injured in one knee before the race, fell badly, breaking her left leg in several places. After spending 10 days at the Treviso hospital, where she underwent five surgeries, the 41-year-old ski star returned to the United States, where she underwent another surgery before returning home.

On Instagram, the star athlete unveiled shocking details about her serious injury, far worse than first reported: the trauma caused by the accident gave her a compartment syndrome in her leg, which could lead to permanent injury and the subsequent amputation of the limb.

“When one suffers such severe trauma to one area of the body the blood pools and gets blocked, basically crushing everything. Dr. Tom Hackett performed a fasciotomy and was able to save my leg”, Vonn explained.

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Karin Kildow, sister of Lindsey Vonn, has become a leader in the digital sports industry.
Helping professional athletes and brands leverage social to change the world and support causes.
He has developed social strategies for NFL, Red Bull Media House, HBO's The Shop and Beyond Meat.

In 2021 he co-founded CCG Social along with Sebastian Arriagada for top athletes.
He also works with Tee Higgins, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Richard Jefferson for social impact.
Promotes representation and inclusion through the broad social networks of athletes.
Receives nominations at the Webby Awards and Shorty Awards for diversity and social activism.
She owns Angel City FC, a women’s soccer team.
She is a founding member of the Lindsey Vonn Foundation to empower girls.
The foundation helps girls realize dreams by overcoming obstacles and strengthening self-esteem.
She was recently in Italy to follow her sister in her very unfortunate Olympics.

Vonn also revealed that she broke her right ankle: “When the injury occurred the situation was quite challenging, in many ways, but eventually everything came back under control. Now I will focus on rehabilitation and the transition from wheelchair to crutches, which will take place in a few weeks”.

The recovery time will be very long, but Vonn is hopeful: “It will take about a year for all the bones to heal and then I will decide if I want to remove all the metal or not, and then go back to the operating room and finally fix the ACL”.

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