- Lindsey Vonn has returned to the United States after being hospitalised in Italy for over a week following a broken left leg sustained during the Olympic downhill at the Milan Cortina Games.
- The 41-year-old skier suffered a complex tibia fracture and has already undergone multiple operations, with further surgery anticipated upon her return home.
- Vonn said it felt “amazing” to be back on home soil after being immobile in a hospital bed since her race, as she thanked the Italian medical staff for their care.
- This latest injury follows a ruptured ACL in her left knee, which she sustained just nine days prior to her Olympic fall in a separate crash in Switzerland.
- Vonn's Olympic comeback, after nearly six years in retirement, ended abruptly when she crashed heavily on 8 February, and it remains uncertain if she will return to elite competition.
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