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Lindsey Vonn Rebukes Retirement Talk as Rehab Reaches First Biking Milestone

Doctors treated her complex tibia fracture with multiple operations, including a fasciotomy that she says prevented amputation.

Overview

  • Vonn shared a March 13 Instagram video riding a stationary bike for five minutes as a new step in recovery.
  • She addressed speculation the next day by posting, “Who said I was retiring?” on X.
  • The 41-year-old has undergone five surgeries, with four performed in Italy before a fifth procedure in the United States.
  • Team USA orthopedist Dr. Tom Hackett performed a fasciotomy to treat compartment syndrome, which Vonn credits with saving her leg.
  • The injury followed a Feb. 8 crash 13 seconds into the Olympic downhill in Cortina after she had ruptured her ACL about a week earlier.