Lindsey Vonn continues to be struggling to face on her personal as she recovers from a ugly damage that nearly price the Olympic skier her left leg — however she’s nonetheless within the health club understanding.
The gold medalist, 41, posted a video through her Instagram Story on Monday, March 9, displaying her seated and pulling a rope on a machine within the health club whereas her leg, nonetheless in a solid, remained elevated.
“Discovering methods to work,” Vonn, wrote over the video.
Vonn underwent a number of leg surgical procedures after she crashed simply seconds into her run on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy on February 8. She had been snowboarding on a torn ACL. Vonn was airlifted off the course and didn’t return house till March 1.
She shared an replace with followers on February 23, the place she revealed that the damage was even worse than it regarded.
“Dr. Tom Hackett saved my leg,” Vonn stated. “He saved my leg from being amputated. He did what’s known as a fasciotomy, the place he lower open each side of my leg and sort of filleted it open so to talk, let it breathe, and he saved me.”
She continued, “I all the time speak about (how) all the things occurs for a purpose, but when I hadn’t torn my ACL, which I might have torn anyway with this crash, if I hadn’t finished that, Tom wouldn’t have been there. He wouldn’t have been in a position to save my leg, so I really feel very fortunate and grateful for him, for the six hour surgical procedure he put in on Wednesday to rebuild it, which went amazingly properly.”
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Courtesy of Lindsey Vonn/InstagramVonn has saved her followers up to date on her progress since then, importing one other exercise video on Friday, March 6, that confirmed how far she nonetheless has to go in her rehab. Within the video, she tried to face on her personal however struggled by apparent ache.
Lindsey Vonn confirmed off the exceptional progress she’s made since breaking her leg in a surprising crash on the 2026 Winter Olympics. Vonn, 41, shared a video through Instagram on Thursday, March 5, displaying the powerful rehab course of she’s began present process after returning house to the USA. “Positively some onerous instances however nonetheless grateful… (…)
“Positively some onerous instances however nonetheless grateful… nonetheless working onerous,” she captioned the put up. “The one objective is to get wholesome. Someday at a time. #icandothis.”
That very same day, she opened up about dropping her spot as No. 1 on the planet and being unable to reclaim it amid her damage.
“Properly… I’ve had the crimson chief bib from the primary race of the season till now, however in all chance tomorrow shall be my final day as #1,” she wrote through Instagram. “Firstly of the season nobody would have ever believed I might be even near this place. And I wager individuals would have laughed if it was even urged. However successful the title was my objective… and I got here painfully near reaching it.”