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Lindsey Vonn Gives Health Update After Olympic Skier Was Warned She Could Face Amputation

Lindsey Vonn underwent four surgeries for a complex tibia fracture from a Feb. 8 Olympic crash and has been immobile in hospital over a week, her sister shared.

  • On Feb. 8, Lindsey Vonn's crash in the Milan Cortina downhill ended her Olympic comeback at age 41, and she was treated at Ca' Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy.
  • Doctors treated a complex tibia fracture that led to four subsequent surgeries, and she has been immobile in a hospital bed for over a week.
  • In a lighthearted clip, Kildow showcased medical staff at Ca' Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy, set to `This Will Be`, calling it a `silver lining`.
  • Vonn wrote on X that being back on home soil `feels amazing` and expressed gratitude to Italy's medical teams.
  • The 2010 gold medalist noted a prior ruptured ACL shortly before the Games and said she still looks forward to standing on the mountain again.
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Lindsey Vonn’s Olympic crash has renewed pressure to rethink ski bindings, one of the oldest pieces of equipment in the sport. FIS and U.S.

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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Monday, February 16, 2026.
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