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Lindsey Vonn Starts Rehab, Pushes Back on Retirement Talk After Olympic Crash

The 41-year-old says she alone will decide her future after a leg injury that required five surgeries plus a limb-saving fasciotomy.

Overview

  • Lindsey Vonn shared video of her first stationary-bike session, noting she started with five minutes as part of early rehabilitation.
  • Responding to speculation, Vonn wrote that she is not ready to discuss her skiing future and asked fans to stop telling her what to do.
  • She also posted, "Who said I was retiring?" and clarified that not discussing her future does not mean she is racing, emphasizing recovery first.
  • Vonn suffered a complex left tibia fracture 13 seconds into the Feb. 8 Olympic downhill, underwent staged operations in Italy and the U.S., and credited Team USA orthopedist Dr. Tom Hackett for a fasciotomy that likely saved her leg.
  • Her father publicly urged her to retire, but Vonn asserted that any decision about returning to competition will be hers after she completes a long recovery.