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Lindsey Vonn Returns to U.S. After Olympic Crash, Shares Death of Dog Leo

Further operations await following four surgeries in Italy.

Overview

  • Vonn said she has not stood in more than a week after being repatriated to the United States following treatment for a complex left tibia fracture.
  • She reported she was heading in for another operation on Wednesday, with additional procedures expected during her recovery in the U.S.
  • The three-time Olympic medalist crashed 13 seconds into the Cortina downhill after clipping a gate and was airlifted from the course.
  • Vonn revealed her dog, Leo, died on Feb. 9, the day after her crash, noting she said goodbye from her hospital bed.
  • The accident came nine days after she sustained a fully ruptured left ACL in Switzerland, an injury she had elected to compete with at these Games.