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Explains Crash, Injury
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Feb 9, 2026 7:33 PM CST

Lindsey Vonn Explains Crash, Injury

Olympic skier posts that tibia fracture 'will require multiple surgeries'

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn had surgery on her injured leg Sunday after crashing during the women's downhill race at the Winter Games, and she said Monday that was just the first of many operations that will be needed. The injury is a complex tibia fracture, Vonn posted on social media, saying it'...

Vonn Has Surgery After Crash Ends Comeback
Vonn Undergoes Operation
After 'Heartbreaking' Crash
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Feb 8, 2026 5:00 PM CST

Vonn Undergoes Operation After 'Heartbreaking' Crash

World Cup champion fractured her leg in comeback attempt

(Newser) - Champion skier Lindsey Vonn underwent surgery to stabilize a fracture in her left leg in Italy on Sunday after she lost control and crashed horrifically during a downhill race at the Winter Olympics, silencing a crowd that included her father. She was airlifted to a clinic in Cortina, then moved...

Lindsey Vonn Airlifted From Course After Crash
Lindsey Vonn Airlifted
From Course After 2nd Crash
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Feb 8, 2026 7:13 AM CST

Lindsey Vonn Airlifted From Course After 2nd Crash

US skier's comeback attempt at 41 is over

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn's comeback bid from a serious fall nine days ago lasted only 13 seconds on Sunday: The 41-year-old Team USA legend was again airlifted to the hospital after crashing on the Olympia delle Tofane slope at the Winter Olympics in Italy, reports USA Today . Vonn, who ruptured her...

7 US Athletes to Watch at the Olympics

Among them: speed skater Jordan Stolz, who's aiming for 5 golds

(Newser) - The Olympics are underway and among the talented pool of US athletes competing across 32 sports are a figure skating "god" with insane odds of winning gold, a young speedskater with a shot at five medals, and a legendary skier pushing on despite a banged-up knee. Seven US athletes...

Vonn 'Confident' She Will Ski in Olympics Despite Injury

41-year-old ruptured her ACL in a crash last week

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn says she is "confident" she can compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics beginning this week despite the left knee injury she sustained in a crash four days ago. Vonn said on Tuesday she "completed ruptured" her ACL, per the AP . But after three days of...

Vonn Had One Knee Replaced, Just Hurt the Other One

Injury raises doubts about Olympics, but 41-year-old says she knows something about comebacks

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn's planned Olympic comeback suffered a jarring setback on Friday in Switzerland, just seven days before the Milan Cortina Games open in Italy. The 41-year-old American ski champ crashed in a World Cup downhill at Crans-Montana after losing her balance coming out of a jump on the second...

Record Win Launches Lindsey Vonn's Olympic Season

41-year-old, who last took a downhill race in 2018, now knows 'how fast I am'

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn didn't just ski well for a 41-year-old on Friday, she skied like a champion who's faster than all challengers. Vonn on Friday became the oldest winner of a World Cup race since the circuit started in 1967, the AP reports. Vonn raced to a stunningly fast...

Vonn Responds to Critics of Her Competing at Age 40

'Completely inappropriate and disrespectful,' skier says of questions about her comeback

(Newser) - When Tom Brady played in the NFL well beyond the age of 40, he wasn't considered crazy for facing 300-pound defensive linemen intent on sacking him. Alpine skier Marcel Hirscher wasn't bombarded with pointed questions when he recently returned to ski racing after five seasons away. So why...

First Races Since 2019 Leave Lindsey Vonn Pleased

Star skier says so-so results were all about training for a return

(Newser) - Up against the body of work of one of the greatest World Cup skiers of all time, the results of her two lower-level downhills in Colorado on Saturday weren't much to celebrate. But considered as training runs in a return to the US ski team, Lindsey Vonn pronounced the...

Lindsey Vonn Shakes Off Retirement at 40

Olympic champ rejoins US ski team to 'share my knowledge'

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the US Ski Team, she announced Thursday, intending to race again at age 40—and six years after her last Olympics, per the AP . Vonn is a three-time Olympic medalist, including a downhill gold and super-G bronze at the 2010 Vancouver...

For American Mikaela Shiffrin, a Milestone Skiing Victory

She ties Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup record of 82 wins

(Newser) - Mikaela Shiffrin matched Lindsey Vonn’s women’s World Cup skiing record with her 82nd win Sunday. Shiffrin led from start to finish to win a giant slalom by a large margin and can now break Vonn’s mark in a night slalom scheduled for Flachau, Austria, on Tuesday, per...

Lindsey Vonn Just Made 'Non- Traditional' Move for 'Equality'

Olympic skier gave engagement ring to fiance PK Subban for Christmas

(Newser) - Who says you can't get engaged twice? It may be a "non-traditional" move, but that didn't scare Lindsey Vonn from making it on Christmas Day. USA Today reports the Olympic skier proposed to her already-fiance PK Subban on Wednesday, which also happened to be their two-year anniversary,...

Athletic Engagement: Olympic Skier to Wed NHL Star

Lindsey Vonn is engaged to New Jersey Devils' PK Subban

(Newser) - Tiger who ? Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn has been dating New Jersey Devils star PK Subban since early last year, and now the couple is "taking things to the next level," per People , which confirms they are engaged. Although rumors of a romantic relationship got their jump-start...

Vonn Gets Her Last 'Perfect Day' on the Slopes

American takes bronze in the final race of her career

(Newser) - One last comeback complete. One last medal. Five days after crashing in super-G, Lindsey Vonn bounced back to win the bronze medal in the world championship downhill in Are, Sweden on Sunday in the final race of her career. "I laid it all on the line. That's all...

Lindsey Vonn Crashes in 2nd-to-Last Race of Career

But American skier appears to be OK, is scheduled to compete for final time on Sunday

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn crashed in the super-G at the world championships in Sweden on Tuesday, straddling a gate midair and ending up in the safety nets. Vonn, however, got up and skied down the hill after being tended to by medical personnel. "Everyone was screaming as she crashed jumping through...

It's an Emotional Day for Lindsey Vonn

The skiing superstar says she may have to hang 'em up

(Newser) - Sunday was hard for Lindsey Vonn: Tears flowed and a tough decision loomed after she failed to finish a super-G race in Cortina, Italy, the AP reports. The winningest female skier in history hung her head after a bobble knocked her off course, and her right leg—which is permanently...

Vonn Completes Her Other Goal in South Korea

She scattered some of her grandpa's ashes near the downhill ski course

(Newser) - Lindsey Vonn came to South Korea with the goal of taking home an Olympic medal and leaving something even more special behind. She did both. The American ski great said Thursday she recently scattered some of the ashes of her grandfather, who served during the Korean War, on a rock...

In Vonn's Last Race, Shiffrin Takes the Medal
Vonn Fails to Finish
Final Olympic Race
THE RUNDOWN
Feb 22, 2018 7:08 AM CST

Vonn Fails to Finish Final Olympic Race

Mikaela Shiffrin won the silver in same race

(Newser) - The slalom portion of the women's Alpine combined was the last race of American star Lindsay Vonn's Olympic career—but the medal went to teammate Mikaela Shiffrin. The 22-year-old won silver after Vonn went off course just 10 seconds into her slalom on Thursday, the AP reports. This...

The Fact She Just Won a Skiing Gold Is Crazy

Ester Ledecka is a champion snowboarder who has only skied 19 World Cup races in her career

(Newser) - We had the Miracle on Ice in 1980. Now, the "Miracle on Snow." NPR reports on Saturday's shocking women's Super-G race, which was won by a Czech snowboarding champ who the AP reports has taken part in just 19 World Cup skiing races in her entire...

Lindsey Vonn Responds to Backlash After Trump Quip

Skier says she read comments from people 'hoping I break my neck'

(Newser) - Olympic hopeful Lindsey Vonn is learning the downside of talking politics on national television. USA Today reports Vonn has seen an outpouring of both support and criticism following an interview where she said she wouldn’t be skiing for Trump should she make the 2018 Winter Olympics team. "Well...

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