Overview
- In an Associated Press interview Wednesday, Vonn said she has undergone eight operations and still needs ACL repair and hardware removal, placing any return at least 18 months away.
- She said she is not emotionally ready to choose whether to race again and described herself as in survival mode.
- Her rehabilitation has moved from a wheelchair to crutches, with short-distance walking expected to begin next week.
- Her father urged her to end her career, and she said being told she cannot only motivates her.
- The Feb. 8 Olympic downhill crash caused a complex left tibia fracture and compartment syndrome that nearly led to amputation.