Overview
- Vonn, who detailed her progress Wednesday in People, said she will take a long summer break before a sixth leg operation in the fall that she hopes will be the last.
- She vowed to ski again, though she has not committed to returning to World Cup racing.
- She crashed in the Olympic downhill in February in Cortina d’Ampezzo, suffering a complex tibia fracture and an ACL tear and requiring five surgeries, including an emergency procedure for a life‑threatening compartment syndrome.
- She described recent rehab milestones and said she is planning for a full recovery.
- Her flights are booked for a beach vacation with diving and kitesurfing, and she said she will keep up therapy exercises as she rebuilds strength ahead of the fall surgery.