We’ve got one other replace on Lindsey Vonn: she underwent surgical procedure on a damaged leg.
The 41-year-old Olympian was sadly concerned in a horrible accident on the ski slope whereas competing on Sunday (February 8) within the Olympics. She ended up crashing and wanted a helicopter to return help.
Now, we’ve discovered she had surgical procedure at a hospital in Italy.
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Particularly, Reuters shares she had “surgical procedure on a damaged leg in an Italian hospital.”
She was transported to Ca’ Foncello Hospital in Treviso. In response to a press release, the surgical procedure was meant to stabilize a fracture she suffered.
“Within the afternoon, she underwent orthopedic surgical procedure to stabilise the fracture sustained in her left leg,” the hospital advised Reuters.
A supply added that she was “monitored within the intensive care unit the place she might have extra privateness,” and added “there was no menace to her life.”
Simply days earlier than the Olympics, she tore the ACL in her knee in the course of the downhill race on the World Cup and selected to nonetheless compete.
Right here’s what Lindsey‘s sister stated after the crash, and the place they took her.