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Lindsey Vonn Trades Wheelchair for Scooter in Rehab Update

Her Instagram clip signals incremental progress following emergency surgery that she says prevented leg amputation.

Overview

  • The 41-year-old posted a March 8–9 video riding an electric, three-wheeled scooter through her home, which she nicknamed Speedy.
  • Braces remain on her injured left leg and on her right ankle as she navigates indoors on the device.
  • She has recently resumed light strength work and initial training sessions alongside physical rehabilitation.
  • Vonn sustained a complex left tibia fracture and a broken right ankle in a violent Olympic crash in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
  • She was discharged from the hospital about a week before the video, marking a step away from reliance on a wheelchair.