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U.S. Olympian Lindsey Vonn shared Monday that she hasn’t been able to support herself in more than a week, but was glad to be back in the United States.
Vonn suffered immense Olympic heartbreak on Feb. 8 when she broke her leg in a heavy crash in women’s alpine downhill skiing early at the Milan 2026 Cortina Games. She tried to overcome a torn ACL to get on the podium, but the latest injury set her back.
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USA’s Lindsey Vonn (R) talks with her Norwegian coach Aksel Lund Svindal (L) before an official training for the women’s downhill event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at the Tofane Alpine Ski Center in Cortina d’Ampezzo on February 7, 2026. (Marco BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)
Since then, he revealed that he underwent multiple surgeries to repair his leg. He said he will likely need more surgery in the US.
“I haven’t stood up in over a week…I’ve been in a hospital bed motionless since my run. And even though I can’t stand up yet, being back home feels amazing,” he wrote in a post on X.
“Thank you very much to everyone in Italy for taking good care of me.”
Vonn, 41, had to be airlifted from an Italian mountain in a terrifying scene during her downhill competition.
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Lindsey Vonn speeds down the track during official women’s alpine skiing training at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on February 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)
Officials at the Italian hospital where Vonn was rushed after the crash said she underwent surgery to “stabilize a reported fracture in her left leg.” Vonn had said she suffered a “complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to properly repair.”
Before the Games began, many wondered how Vonn would ski with her ACL tear, but she was determined to try to win a medal in her flagship event. His races on Friday and Saturday went well, but he lost control within seconds of running and things got very serious afterward.
Vonn said last week that she does not regret her decision to compete.
“Although yesterday did not end as I expected, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets. Being at the starting gate yesterday was an incredible feeling that I will never forget,” she wrote in a separate Instagram post. “Knowing that I was there with a chance to win was a victory in itself. I also knew that running was a risk. It always was and always will be an incredibly dangerous sport.
“And just like ski racing, we take risks in life. We dream. We love. We jump. And sometimes we fall. Sometimes we get our hearts broken. Sometimes we don’t achieve the dreams we know we could have. But that’s also the beauty of life; we can try.
Lindsey Vonn of the United States crashes during a women’s alpine ski race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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“I tried. I dreamed. I jumped.”
