Lindesy Vonn issued an update on her condition from hospital after suffering a broken leg in Sunday’s downhill crash just nine days after she ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The crash has since been described as “a one in 1000” accident and senior Winter Olympics officals defended Vonn’s decision to compete.
Vonn was airlifted from the slopes and underwent surgery on her leg fracture and is in a “stable” condition, US officials confirmed. Late on Monday, the 41-year-old wrote on Instagram that she has “no regrets” about competing even though her “Olympic dream did not finish the way I dreamt it would”.
Vonn’s decision to race, and whether she should have been allowed to do so, has since been the subject of some debate. “This decision was really hers and her team's to take,” the International Olympic Committee’s sports director Pierre Ducrey said. “She made the decision and unfortunately it led to the injury.”
Since the two serious injuries suffered by Vonn in the space of a fortnight her father has said that he hopes it acts as “the end of her career”.
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No ace up sleeve for Team GB as ‘Magic Monday’ fails to deliver
Winter Olympics 2026
- Lindsey Vonn issues update from hospital and has 'no regrets' over competing despite leg fracture
- Winter Olympics chiefs defend Vonn’s decision to ski on ruptured ACL
- Vonn's father hopes the injury is the 'end of her career'
- Tuesday's British medal hopes - mixed doubles curling (1.05pm)
- No ace up sleeve for Team GB as ‘Magic Monday’ fails to deliver
Italian ski legend claims Lindsey Vonn made critical mistake before injury disaster
09:20 , Mike JonesLindsey Vonn suffered a horror crash at the Winter Olympics to scupper her hopes of an age-defying comeback at Milano-Cortina 2026.
But Italian ski great Alberto Tomba insists her downfall on the slopes came after a move to race at Crans-Montana last month.
The American has been criticised over her desire to win one more race, with Tomba insisting it led to a chain of risks that eventually caught up with her in the form of a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament on her left knee.
Italian ski legend claims Lindsey Vonn made critical mistake before disastrous injury
Lindsey Vonn's injury history
09:10 , Mike JonesPerhaps unsurprisingly – given the nature of the sport she competes in – the latest injury suffered by Lindsey Vonn is added to a long list of problems she’s encountered during a decorated skiing career.
To give you an idea of what it takes to be the best in a sport like this:
Lindsey Vonn has been through the ringer in her career 🫣 #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/Pvs5xvizJz
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) February 8, 2026
Lindsey Vonn latest updates
09:00 , Mike JonesFor those of you who may need catching up on the news, US skier Lindsey Vonn is in hospital following a horror crash in the women’s downhill on Sunday.
The 41-year-old suffered a “complex tibia fracture” after getting hooked on a gate. Nine days earlier she had ruptured her ACL but says the previous injury was not a reason for the crash.
Vonn was airlifted to hospital were she underwent surgery and is in a “stable” condition though she will not be able to continue her Olympics, of course.
Senior Winter Olympics officals defended the decision to let Vonn compete despite the existence of the ACL injury though Vonn’s father hopes that she will now call time on her career.
Vonn herself posted an update to her social media on Monday saying she has no regrets at competing and took her shot to achieve her Olympic dream.
No ace up sleeve for Team GB as ‘Magic Monday’ fails to deliver
08:50 , Flo CliffordAt the start of Monday, Britain had the chance to open their medal account for the Games by winning two Olympic medals at Livigno Snow Park – and guarantee another if mixed doubles curlers Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds won their semi-final against Sweden.
But Kirsty Muir fell short of a freeski slopestyle medal by just 0.41 points, and the best the curlers can achieve now is bronze after they were hammered 9-3 by Sweden, with a tense battle for the podium to come on Tuesday.
So as night fell in the Italian Alps, British hopes for a ‘Magic Monday’ rested entirely on the young shoulders of snowboarder Mia Brookes.
No ace up sleeve for Team GB as ‘Magic Monday’ fails to deliver
Tuesday's Olympic highlights
08:40 , Mike JonesAnother event to be aware of today is Alpine skiing: Women's team combined
The women's team combined event begins with the downhill at 9:30am before the slalom at 1pm and is making its Olympic debut.
Returning slalom legend Mikaela Shiffrin and USA downhill star Breezy Johnson won the maiden World Championship title in this event in early 2025 and will be the pair to beat here.
Shiffrin’s presence alone should bring the crowds and Johnson is looking to back up the gold medal win from Sunday’s infamous downhill.
British hopes for a medal today
08:30 , Mike JonesIn terms of Team GB, the main action to watch will be this afternoon as Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds attempt to win a bronze medal in the mixed doubles curling.
The mixed doubles is the only curling event that Britain have never won a medal in but the duo of Mouat and Dodds hope to change that today.
Having hugely impressed in the round robin stage they were handsomely beaten by Sweden in yesterday’s semi-final but have the chance to take bronze.
That said, they’re coming up against the Olympic hosts and defending World and Olympic champions Italy.
This is not one to miss and the action is set to begin at 1.05pm this afternoon.
Lindsey Vonn's message in full
08:20 , Mike JonesLindsey Vonn posted a message to her fans on Monday evening explaining her crash and how she felt knowing that her Olympic dream has come to an end.
On Instagram Vonn posted: “Yesterday my Olympic dream did not finish the way I dreamt it would. It wasn’t a story book ending or a fairytale, it was just life. I dared to dream and had worked so hard to achieve it. Because in Downhill ski racing the difference between a strategic line and a catastrophic injury can be as small as 5 inches.
“I was simply 5 inches too tight on my line when my right arm hooked inside of the gate, twisting me and resulted in my crash. My ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever.
“Unfortunately, I sustained a complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly. While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets.
“Standing in the starting gate yesterday was an incredible feeling that I will never forget. Knowing I stood there having a chance to win was a victory in and of itself. I also knew that racing was a risk. It always was and always will be an incredibly dangerous sport. And similar to ski racing, we take risks in life.
“We dream. We love. We jump.
“And sometimes we fall. Sometimes our hearts are broken. Sometimes we don’t achieve the dreams we know we could have. But that is the also the beauty of life; we can try.
“I tried. I dreamt. I jumped.
“I hope if you take away anything from my journey it’s that you all have the courage to dare greatly.
“Life is too short not to take chances on yourself. Because the only failure in life is not trying.
“I believe in you, just as you believed in me.”
Day 4 (Tuesday 10 February 2026) – 9 gold medal events
08:10 , Mike JonesAlpine skiing
- 9.30am–11.15am: Women's team combined (downhill)
- 1pm–2.20pm: Women's team combined (slalom) 🏅
Biathlon
- 12.30pm–2.30pm: Men's 20km individual 🏅
Cross-country skiing
- 8.15am–9.45am: Women's sprint classic qualification, Men's sprint classic qualification
- 10.45am–12.50pm: Women's sprint classic finals 🏅 Men's sprint classic finals 🏅
Curling
- 1.05pm–3.05pm: Mixed doubles bronze medal match 🥉
- 5.05pm–7.25pm: Mixed doubles gold medal match 🏅
Figure skating
- 5.30pm–9.45pm: Men's singles short program
Freestyle skiing
- 10.15am–11.15am: Men's moguls qualification first round
- 11.30am–1.20pm: Men's freeski slopestyle final 🏅
- 1.15pm–2.15pm: Women's moguls qualification first round (depending on light situation)
Ice hockey
- 11.10am–1.40pm: Women's preliminary round
- 3.40pm–6.10pm: Women's preliminary round
- 7.10pm–9.40pm: Women's preliminary round
- 8.10pm–10.40pm: Women's preliminary round
Luge
- 4pm–6.50pm: Men's singles runs 3 and 4 🏅
Ski jumping
- 5.45pm–8.10pm: Mixed team 🏅
Short track speed skating
- 9.30am–12.15pm: Women's 500m qualification; Men's 1000m qualification; Mixed team relay quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals 🏅
Winter Olympics chiefs defend Lindsey Vonn’s decision to ski on ruptured ACL
08:00 , Will CastleSenior officials at the Winter Olympics have defended Lindsey Vonn’s decision to compete in Sunday’s downhill just nine days after rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) - with the skiing great’s horror crash described as “a one in 1000” accident.
“I think it's clear in the downhill we give athletes opportunities to train to make sure they are able to go down the slope in the way it should be for all the athletes,” the International Olympic Committee’s sports director Pierre Ducrey said.
"That happened, she was able to train and made the choice, with the excellent team that she has, to take part, so from that point of view I don't think we should say that she should or shouldn't have participated. This decision was really hers and her team's to take. She made the decision and unfortunately it led to the injury."
Winter Olympics chiefs defend Lindsey Vonn’s decision to ski on ruptured ACL
'No regrets'
07:32 , Mike JonesLindsey Vonn posted an update late on Monday to her 3.2m followers on Instagram saying that she has ‘no regrets’ about competing in Cortina despite her ‘Olympic dream not ending the way I had dreamt’.
“Yesterday my Olympic dream did not finish the way I dreamt it would.” Vonn wrote.
“It wasn’t a story book ending or a fairytale, it was just life. I dared to dream and had worked so hard to achieve it...
“... While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets. Standing in the starting gate yesterday was an incredible feeling that I will never forget.”
Vonn moved to intensive care 'for privacy'
07:00 , Will CastleUS skier Lindsey Vonn was moved to intensive care “for privacy reasons” rather than medical necessity, according to the Daily Mail.
The report says that Vonn, 41, “is in intensive care” following her incident on Sunday, “although it is understood that she was transferred there for the sake of extra privacy, rather than any greater medical necessity”.
Vonn reportedly underwent two surgeries on a leg fracture in a hospital in Treviso, though her team have not provided any further updates on her condition.
Lindsey Vonn is superhuman and her Winter Olympics act of bravery reveals her defining trait
06:00 , Will CastleAs Lindsey Vonn was airlifted off the slope at Crans-Montana nine days ago it looked like her hopes of a fourth Olympic medal were over. Those hopes had already looked unlikely a season and a half ago when she made her comeback after six years’ retirement. But she had proved everyone wrong multiple times already; it would be foolish to expect her not to do so again.
The Crans-Montana crash left her with a completely ruptured ACL in her left knee, a bone bruise and meniscus damage. It is only the latest in a litany of broken bones, concussions, and other serious injuries which have punctuated her career.
In her final race before retirement, the world championships downhill in 2019, she wore two knee braces to stabilise a torn lateral collateral ligament, three tibia fractures and a bone bruise. All of that couldn’t prevent her from winning bronze. In the 2013 world championships she tore her ACL and MCL in her right knee and fractured her tibia; later in 2013 she partially tore her right ACL again.
Vonn is superhuman and her Winter Olympics act of bravery reveals her defining trait
Winter Olympics 2026 medal table: Who is leading the standings at Milan-Cortina?
05:00 , Will CastleThe 2026 Winter Olympics are underway in northern Italy as Milan-Cortina plays host to the century-old sporting event.
Norway are historically the most successful nation in the Winter Games and the Norwegians are once again favourites to top the medal table, having claimed 16 golds in Beijing four years ago, four more than second-placed Germany.
The USA are expected to put up a strong challenge to Norway’s dominance, while Germany and Canada are also expected to enjoy plenty of success. Host nation Italy are also hopeful of a top-10 finish in the standings, as are their Alpine neighbours France and Switzerland.
Britain have set a target of winning four to eight medals this time around, which would be a huge improvement on a disappointing haul of only two in China in 2022.
Here are the latest standings from Milan-Cortina 2026:
Winter Olympics 2026 medal table: Who is leading the standings at Milan-Cortina?
Lindsey Vonn’s father says Olympics crash is ‘the end of her career’
04:00 , Will CastleLindsey Vonn’s father has declared that the American superstar will no longer race after breaking her leg at the Winter Olympics.
“She’s 41 years old and this is the end of her career,” Alan Kildow told The Associated Press. “There will be no more ski races for Lindsey Vonn, as long as I have anything to say about it.”
Kildow and the rest of Vonn’s family – including her brother and two sisters – have been with Vonn while she is being treated at a hospital in Treviso following her fall and helicopter evacuation from the course in Cortina on Sunday.
Lindsey Vonn’s father says Olympics crash is ‘the end of her career’
Broken leg 'a really good outcome for Lindsey Vonn'
03:00 , Will Castle“As someone who lived in downhill skiing and works in it now, that is a really good outcome for Lindsey Vonn,” says former GB Alpine skier Chemmy Alcott on Vonn’s injury and crash.
“A broken leg, which she's had surgery on, it's her left leg and we're going to channel all of our energy together in her left leg which now needs an ACL and bone healing.
“If it had been her right leg with that knee replacement, it could have been really disastrous so we don't know where she's going to go from this, but we hope she takes all the time she needs,” added the former Olympian on BBC One.
Vonn required two operations on broken leg
02:00 , Will CastleUS skier Lindsey Vonn needed two operations on the broken leg suffered in her crash yesterday, reports Reuters.
The procedures “were intended to prevent complications linked to swelling and blood flow”, according to the report.
It had earlier been confirmed by the hospital in Treviso that Vonn underwent an operation to stabilise her left leg after the incident.
Winter Olympics officials launch investigation after athletes complain about broken medals
01:00 , Will CastleOlympic medallists at the Milano Cortina Winter Games are discovering their hard-won prizes are proving less robust than their athletic achievements, with reports emerging that the gold, silver, and bronze awards are prone to breaking.
Games organisers have now launched an investigation into a series of incidents where medals have cracked, chipped, or snapped, often shortly after being presented.
Andrea Francisi, Milano Cortina Chief Games Operations Officer, acknowledged the unusual situation on Monday.
Winter Olympics officials launch investigation into easily broken medals
Former skiers rush to defend Vonn
01:00 , Will CastleSeveral figures from the world of speed skiing have commented on Lindsey’s Vonn’s decision to race and her eventual crash, with most pros and pundits defending the American.
“I firmly believe that this has to be decided by the individual athlete,” FIS president Johan Eliasch said on Monday.
“And in her case, she certainly knows her injuries on her body better than anybody else. And if you look around here today with all the athletes, the athletes yesterday, every single athlete has a small injury of some kind.
“What is also important for people to understand, that the accident that she had yesterday, she was incredibly unlucky. It was a one in a 1,000,” Eliasch added.
Vonn’s teammate Keely Cashman added: “People that don’t know ski racing don’t really understand what happened yesterday. She hooked her arm on the gate, which twisted her around. She was going probably 70 miles an hour, and so that twists your body around. That has nothing to do with her ACL, nothing to with her knee. I think a lot of people are ridiculing that, and a lot people don’t (know) what’s going on.”
Coach Svindal hails 'brave' Vonn and reveals incredible gesture towards champion Johnson
Monday 9 February 2026 23:30 , Will CastleLindsey Vonn’s coach Aksel Lund Svindal has spoken out for the first time following the American’s horror crash yesterday, hailing her bravery before revealing what she said before being airlifted to hospital.
He wrote on Instagram: “Lindsey. You're incredibly brave. You inspire people that follow your journey and us that work closely with you every day.
“Yesterday was a tough day on the mountain. For everyone, but most of all for you.
“Still something happened that I think says everything. "Tell Breezy congrats and good job." Your teammate was in the lead, and that's the message you wanted the US ski team coaches to remember before you got airlifted to the hospital. Real character shows up in the hard moments.”
Crew who evacuated Vonn speak out
Monday 9 February 2026 23:00 , Will CastleItalian ski legend claims Lindsey Vonn made critical mistake before injury disaster
Monday 9 February 2026 22:30 , Will CastleLindsey Vonn suffered a horror crash at the Winter Olympics to scupper her hopes of an age-defying comeback at Milano-Cortina 2026.
But Italian ski great Alberto Tomba insists her downfall on the slopes came after a move to race at Crans-Montana last month.
The American has been criticised over her desire to win one more race, with Tomba insisting it led to a chain of risks that eventually caught up with her in the form of a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament on her left knee.
The 41-year-old lost her balance in the 30 January World Cup race in Switzerland and crashed into the side netting, but Vonn defied logic and expectations to race in Cortina d'Ampezzo, setting the third fastest time on Saturday on the Olimpia delle Tofane piste with a brace on her knee. But Sunday's race saw her airlifted to hospital for surgery on a broken leg, with Tomba criticising her preparation for the Games.
"She shouldn’t have raced at Crans-Montana," Tomba told Reuters from the terrace of a hotel in Cortina. "She should have come here and trained, instead."
Italian ski legend claims Lindsey Vonn made critical mistake before disastrous injury
Kirsty Muir misses out on freeski slopestyle medal by fraction of a point
Monday 9 February 2026 21:30 , Will CastleGreat Britain’s Kirsty Muir was denied a bronze medal in freeski slopestyle by a mere four-tenths of a point, with the Scot in tears after the result.
Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud won gold - to the delight of a large Swiss contingent in Livigno - with China’s Eileen Gu and Canada’s Megan Oldham rounding out the podium.
21-year-old Muir looked excellent on the first half of her first run, the three sections of rails, but came unstuck on her penultimate jump - a double cork 1080 - and only scored 37.15, putting her in provisional 10th.
It left her with ground to make up on the favourites, and although she completed her second run it looked shaky at points, with the double cork continuing to give her grief, and was only enough for 63.01.
Recently crowned X Games champion in slopestyle, Muir produced a much better run on her final, make-or-break outing, but her face at the finish told its own story, and she looked up at the heavens in disappointment as the result flashed up: fourth.
GB’s Kirsty Muir misses out on freeski slopestyle medal by fraction of a point
Ukrainian skeleton star wears helmet displaying athletes killed in Ukraine-Russia war at Winter Olympics
Monday 9 February 2026 21:00 , Will CastleUkrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych trained wearing a helmet brandished with images of compatriots killed during the war in his homeland, delivering on a promise to use the Winter Olympics to keep attention on the conflict.
Visible on the helmet are teenage weightlifter Alina Perehudova, boxer Pavlo Ischenko, ice hockey player Oleksiy Loginov, actor and athlete Ivan Kononenko, diving athlete and coach Mykyta Kozubenko, shooter Oleksiy Habarov and dancer Daria Kurdel.
“Some of them were my friends,” Heraskevych, who is his country's flag bearer, told Reuters of the portraits after his training session at the Cortina sliding centre.
The 26-year-old said the International Olympic Committee had contacted Ukraine's Olympic Committee over his helmet.
"It's still being processed," he said.
Ukrainian skeleton star wears helmet with athletes killed in war at Winter Olympics
Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds fall short in bid to guarantee Team GB’s first medal
Monday 9 February 2026 20:53 , Charlie Bennett in CortinaFew sports put you through the wringer quite like curling and, after this semi-final defeat, it will take some time for Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds to straighten out.
The Scottish pair won eight of nine in the round robin, secured the top seed for the semi-finals and were favourites for the gold medal.
But the velvety touch that carried them this far deserted them at the worst possible moment and they collapsed to a 9–3 defeat to Sweden. Sport, eh.
Bronze is still on the table for Mouat and Dodds but, after such a shock to the system, they face a tall task to prevent a repeat of the last Olympics, when they lost both of their knockout matches and finished fourth.
Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds fall short in bid to guarantee Team GB medal
Vonn moved to intensive care 'for privacy'
Monday 9 February 2026 20:49 , Will CastleUS skier Lindsey Vonn was moved to intensive care “for privacy reasons” rather than medical necessity, according to the Daily Mail.
The report says that Vonn, 41, “is in intensive care” following her incident on Sunday, “although it is understood that she was transferred there for the sake of extra privacy, rather than any greater medical necessity”.
Vonn reportedly underwent two surgeries on a leg fracture in a hospital in Treviso, though her team have not provided any further updates on her condition.
Mia Brookes 'in a good headspace' to come again for slopestyle
Monday 9 February 2026 20:45 , Will Castle"It was insane. Obviously I'm bummed I couldn't land that last trick," Brookes told BBC Sport.
"I had too much spin on it, which I didn't think I would. Maybe I should have done an 1800 instead!"
"I'm hyped for it, everything good can come from it. I'm in a good headspace and ready to to do slopestyle."
Mia Brookes still smiling despite missing out on medals
Monday 9 February 2026 20:15 , Will CastleA performance to be proud of for Mia Brookes 👏❤️ pic.twitter.com/O6RkDNAGRJ
— TNT Sports (@tntsports) February 9, 2026
Mia Brookes misses out on big air glory - but she will be back for medals
Monday 9 February 2026 20:00 , Will CastleMia Brookes went down fighting as she narrowly missed out on Great Britain's first medal of the Milan and Cortina Winter Olympics in the women's snowboard Big Air at Livigno Snow Park.
Starting her last of three runs in third place, Brookes went for broke and came agonisingly close to becoming the first female athlete to land a backside 1620 in competition.
But Brookes slightly over-rotated and was penalised for her landing, meaning she slipped a position behind winner Kokomo Murase of Japan, New Zealander Zio Sadowski Synnott and Seungeun Yu of South Korea.
It marked another near-miss on a day that had promised so much for Team GB, with Kirsty Muir earlier also taking fourth place in the women's ski slopestyle final.
With the cumulative score of the two best of three runs counting, Brookes had gone into her final attempt in third place behind Yu of South Korea and Japan's Murase.
Her brave attempt might well have been enough to lift her onto the top of the podium, but instead she is left to refocus on her favourite event, the snowboard slopestyle, later next week.
