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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Mahoney

Lindsey Vonn tells the AP she is not yet in position emotionally to decide if she will race again

Lindsey Vonn Skiing - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Lindsey Vonn is still recovering physically and emotionally from her frightening crash at the Winter Olympics. For now, the tough decisions about the future can wait.

She has undergone eight surgeries after suffering a complex left leg fracture — one that nearly led to a leg amputation — in the women’s downhill skiing race on Feb. 8. She needs at least one more to repair a torn ACL in that same knee.

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