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Lindsey Vonn Posts Rehab Video as She Expects to Lose Downhill Lead

Her update follows surgeries including a limb-saving fasciotomy after her Olympic crash, with a long staged recovery still ahead.

Overview

  • Vonn shared Instagram footage showing leg extensions, electrical muscle stimulation, upper‑body work, and carefully standing from a wheelchair roughly one month after her crash.
  • She wrote that she is taking recovery one day at a time, focusing solely on getting healthy after returning home to the United States.
  • Vonn said she anticipates surrendering the downhill leader bib after holding No. 1 all season, reflecting on podiums in every downhill and two wins before her injury.
  • Doctors treated a complex tibia fracture and compartment syndrome, with Vonn crediting Dr. Tom Hackett’s fasciotomy for saving her leg from amputation.
  • Reports detail at least four surgeries in Italy followed by additional procedures in the U.S., with estimates of roughly a year for bone healing before decisions on hardware removal and ACL repair.