Overview
- Vonn confirmed on Instagram that surgeons performed a third procedure on her left leg and shared photos from bed giving a thumbs-up with an external fixator in place.
- She remains hospitalized in Treviso, where her father said family members are with her at all times during a slow, multi-stage recovery.
- The American crashed 13 seconds into the Olympic downhill at Olimpia delle Tofane and was evacuated by helicopter before being transferred to Treviso.
- Olympic officials defended allowing her to race despite a torn ACL sustained nine days earlier, with the crash described by some as a rare 'one in a thousand' event.
- Team USA and fellow athletes, including Sofia Goggia, Jannik Sinner and coach Aksel Lund Svindal, posted messages praising her resilience and offering support.