Overview
- Vonn said in a hospital video she has undergone three operations and is scheduled for a fourth today, with a likely fifth procedure after returning to the United States.
- She remains hospitalized in Treviso, is largely immobile, and said the next operation is intended to make travel home possible once doctors complete further imaging.
- Orthopaedic specialists describe the injury as severe and unpredictable in recovery, noting the use of an external fixator and warning that extreme complications can occur.
- The 41-year-old crashed 13 seconds into the Olympic downhill after clipping a gate, was treated on course, and was airlifted to Ca' Foncello Hospital.
- Her fall came nine days after she ruptured the ACL in the same leg during a World Cup crash, a setback she chose to race through during her Olympic comeback.