Lindsey Vonn has revealed that doctors came close to amputating her leg following her crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, offering a candid injury update from her home in the United States just over a month after the accident. The 41-year-old downhill specialist, who won Olympic gold in Vancouver in 2010, is now back in rehabilitation and has shared early signs of progress with fans.
The news came after Vonn was airlifted from the slopes in Italy in early February, only seconds into her first downhill run of the Games. Doctors at a local hospital diagnosed a complex tibia fracture — an already serious injury made more complicated by the fact that she had ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) just a week earlier during a World Cup race in Switzerland.
