Vonn undergoes surgery to remove screws and plates from her leg
She also shared a picture of a stack of screws and plates removed from her leg during the surgery.
Key points
- She suffered a complex tibia fracture and said doctors saved her leg from an amputation.
- FILE PHOTO - American alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn answers questions from media representatives at a press conference in the run-up to the Alpine World Ski Championships.
- Her Olympic race on Ferbuary 8 lasted only 13 seconds until she clipped a gate and fell heavily.
Additional details
- Will give you an update soon," US skier Vonn said on Instagram on Wednesday evening.
- The 2010 downhill Olympic gold medallist came out of retirement in the 2024-25 with the aim of winning another Olympic medal and arrived in Italy as downhill World Cup leader.
- "Got all the s**t out of my leg," she wrote.
- She competed in Cortina d'Ampezzo with a left knee cruciate ligament tear she sustained nine days earlier.
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