Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy ¨C U.S. Alpine skiing star Lindsey Vonn said Wednesday that she has gone under the knife a third time after breaking her leg in a crash that dashed her hopes of Winter Olympic glory in northern Italy.
Vonn wrote on Instagram that the surgery was a success, following two other operations to stabilize her left leg.
¡°I had the third surgery today and it was successful,¡± Vonn said alongside a photo of her in her bed at the Ca¡¯ Foncello hospital in Treviso.
¡°Success today had a completely different meaning than it did a few days ago. I¡¯m making progress and while it is slow, I know I¡¯ll be OK.¡±
The photo also shows the external fixation device put in place to stabilize what Vonn has already described as a ¡°complex tibia fracture¡± that she suffered just seconds into her medal bid in the women¡¯s downhill final at the Milano Cortina Games.
Vonn, the 2010 Olympic downhill champion, was making an audacious attempt for a medal after suffering a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee last month.
The American had resumed her career in late 2024 after nearly six years in retirement and was considered a strong favorite in the downhill at the Winter Olympics before she suffered the ACL injury in a crash in Crans Montana, Switzerland.
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