Lindsey Vonn trains with knee brace after completely rupturing ACL one week before Olympic return

Olympic golden medalist Lindsey Vonn was backmost to grooming conscionable days aft she "completely ruptured" her ACL successful a crash, a setback that came lone a week earlier the U.S. skis prima was owed to marque her Winter Games instrumentality astatine Milan Cortina.

In a video posted to her societal media connected Thursday, Vonn performed a bid of workouts including squats, container jumps and broadside lunges. She was wearing a genu brace connected her near limb arsenic a effect of the galore injuries she sustained aft crashing during a World Cup contention successful Switzerland connected Saturday. 

Lindsey Vonn holds her near genu aft crashing during the women’s World Cup downhill contention successful Crans-Montana, Switzerland, connected Jan. 30, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

"I’m not giving up," she wrote successful the caption of an Instagram post. "Working arsenic hard arsenic I tin to marque it happen!"

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"Thank you to my squad and everyone for your unthinkable support," she continued. "Keep believing."

Vonn revealed the grade of her injuries connected Tuesday, but said she volition proceed with her extremity of competing successful her archetypal lawsuit connected Sunday, the women’s downhill.

"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 told reporters during a quality conference. 

"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." 

Lindsey Vonn attends a property league with the skis squad astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics. The lawsuit took spot successful Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, connected Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

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Vonn’s caput coach, Chris Knight, told The Associated Press connected Wednesday that helium is "pretty confident" that Vonn volition beryllium capable to propulsion this off. She volition request to instrumentality portion successful astatine slightest 1 grooming tally successful bid to vie successful Sunday’s competition. 

"I’ve got nary doubts successful my caput that this is going to beryllium OK," Knight added. "She’s been doing container jumps, she’s trying everything out, loads and stresses and things similar that to conscionable spot wherever she’s astatine and spot however she feels and she’s pulled up large from everything." 

Vonn, 41, made a stunning comeback to the athletics past twelvemonth aft astir six years distant from competition. Her instrumentality followed a partial titanium replacement inserted into her close knee, which she had done successful 2024.

Lindsey Vonn competes during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women’s downhill astatine the Prampero Slope connected Monte Lussari. The lawsuit took spot successful Tarvisio, Italy, connected Jan. 17, 2026. (Mattia Ozbot/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," Vonn said Tuesday. "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 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.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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