US EditionLindsey Vonn Addresses Claims She Was 'Selfish' for Competing in Olympics
- On Saturday, February 21, 2026, Lindsey Vonn defended her decision to race at the Olympics despite tearing her ACL on January 30 and breaking her left tibia on February 8.
- Her World Cup results showed she finished #1 in the downhill standings and had 7/8 podiums overall before a brush with a gate on February 8 ended her Olympic bid.
- Surgeons confirmed via shared x-rays that Vonn was airlifted from Cortina d'Ampezzo and underwent four surgeries, including a fifth on Friday after returning to the U.S. on Tuesday, February 17.
- Vonn pushed back, asserting critics questioned her decision as selfish and should have yielded her spot, but she insists, `My ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever`.
- Emotionally, Vonn has endured a heavy recovery, losing Leo, her dog, the day after her crash and staying hospitalized post-op while sharing hospital bed updates.
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American ski star Lindsey Vonn has said after the end of the season and a new procedure that she has no regrets about returning to competitive skiing. With a partial knee replacement, she returned to the top, winning and winning the downhill overall, while also responding to criticism that she should give up her place to younger people.
Despite her Olympic fall, American skier Lindsey Vonn is proud of her season's achievements: two downhill victories, seven podium finishes. Her return to competition proved that she remains at the top of alpine skiing after a six-year hiatus.
Despite a serious fall in the Olympic downhill, the American alpine skier has no regrets about returning to the white slopes.
US ski star Lindsey Vonn looks back on her comeback in the hospital bed, while the 41-year-old sends clear words to her critics after her severe fall at the Olympic Games in Cortina.
American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn has no regrets about returning to the slopes despite a serious fall in the Olympic downhill. The American wrote on Instagram that she did not achieve her main goal, but is still proud of her achievements, reports the German news agency dpa.
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