Lindsey Vonn to compete in Winter Olympics days after suffering 'completely ruptured' ACL in World Cup crash

Olympic golden medalist Lindsey Vonn confirmed Tuesday that she volition vie successful the Milan Cortina Games, conscionable days aft the American skier suffered a wholly ruptured ACL pursuing her clang astatine a World Cup contention successful Switzerland. 

Vonn, 41, was airlifted from the people successful Crans-Montana connected Friday aft she crashed portion attempting to onshore a leap successful her last run. She appeared to person injured her near knee, and speculation astir her presumption astatine the Winter Olympics instantly came into question. 

Lindsey Vonn reacts aft crashing during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2025-2026 women’s downhill contention successful Crans-Montana, Switzerland, connected Jan. 30, 2026. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

At a quality league connected Tuesday, the U.S. skis prima revealed the grade of her injuries and confirmed that she volition inactive compete. 

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"I wholly ruptured my ACL. I besides person bony bruising, which is simply a communal wounded erstwhile you teardrop your ACL, positive meniscal damage, which we’re not definite if that was preexisting oregon from the crash," she said.

 "We person been doing extended therapy, been consulting with doctors, been successful the gym, and contiguous I went skiing. And, considering however my genu feels, my genu feels stable, I consciousness strong, my genu is not swollen, and with the assistance of a genu brace, I americium assured that I tin vie connected Sunday." 

Vonn is scheduled for her archetypal Olympic lawsuit successful the women’s downhill connected Sunday. She is besides slated to vie successful the super-G and the caller squad combined event. Vonn said, contempt the uphill conflict she faces due to the fact that of her injuries, she inactive believes there’s "a chance." 

Lindsey Vonn is airlifted to a infirmary aft sustaining an wounded pursuing a clang during her tally successful the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women’s downhill successful Crans-Montana, Switzerland, connected Jan. 30, 2026. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse     )

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"This is not, obviously, what I had hoped for. I’ve been moving truly hard to travel into these Games successful a overmuch antithetic position. I cognize what my chances were earlier the crash, and I cognize my chances aren’t the aforesaid arsenic it stands today, but I cognize there’s inactive a chance. And arsenic agelong arsenic there’s a chance, I volition try." 

Vonn has completed 8 World Cup races and finished connected the podium successful 7 of them. Her worst decorativeness was fourth. She made a stunning comeback to the athletics astatine 40 past twelvemonth aft astir six years distant from competition.

A three-time Olympic medalist, including golden successful downhill, Vonn was expected to beryllium a medal contender astatine Milan Cortina. Her past Olympic medal was a bronze successful downhill successful 2018.

Lindsey Vonn reacts aft crashing during the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2025-2026 women’s downhill contention successful Crans-Montana, Switzerland, connected Jan. 30, 2026. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images))

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"In downhill, it’s a precise unsafe athletics and thing tin happen. And due to the fact that I propulsion the limits, I crash. And I’ve been injured much times than I would similar to admit to myself even, but those are the cards I’ve been dealt successful my life. And I’m going to play my cards the champion that I can," Vonn added Tuesday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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