Overview
- Lindsey Vonn told the Associated Press on Wednesday that she has had eight surgeries and still needs another to repair her torn ACL, putting any comeback at least a year and a half away.
- She said she is not emotionally ready to choose between racing again or retiring, so she will wait until she finishes the next phase of recovery.
- Her father urged her to stop racing after the crash, and she said that being told she cannot do something only makes her more determined.
- The Olympic crash on February 8 caused a complex tibia fracture after she raced nine days after an ACL tear, and doctors treated compartment syndrome that nearly led to amputation.
- Before the crash she led the World Cup downhill standings after wins in December 2025 and January 2026, which is why any return she contemplates would likely fall in the 2027–28 window she mentioned.