- Lindsey Vonn injured her left knee in a crash just before the Milano Cortina Olympics.
- Vonn stated on social media that she is consulting with doctors but has not ruled out competing.
- The skier has a long history of significant injuries and subsequent comebacks throughout her career.
Lindsey Vonn is better equipped to come back from an injury than pretty much anyone else.
Vonn injured her left knee in a crash during the final downhill before the Milano Cortina Olympics on Jan. 30. She was able to get back up and ski down to the bottom of the course, but stopped several times to rest or check her knee.
In a social media post several hours after the crash, Vonn said she was still consulting with her doctors and having tests but is not ruling out competing at the Olympics. The Milano Cortina Games begin Feb. 6, and the downhill is Feb. 8.
‘This is a very difficult outcome one week before the Olympics … but if there’s one thing I know how to do, it’s a comeback,’ Vonn wrote.
Here’s a list of Vonn’s significant injuries throughout her career:
- January 2019: Impact injury to peroneal nerve.
- November 2018: Torn lateral collateral ligament and meniscus in left knee, three tibial plateau fractures from crash during training at Copper Mountain, Colorado.
- November 2016: Fractured humerus in right arm from crash during training at Copper Mountain, Colorado.
- August 2015: Broken ankle from crash during training in New Zealand.
- February 2016: Multiple fractures in left knee from crash during World Cup super-G in Andorra.
- December 2013: MCL sprain in right knee.
- November 2013: Torn right ACL from crash in training at Copper Mountain, Colorado.
- February 2013: Torn ACL and MCL in right knee and tibial plateau fracture in right leg following crash in super-G at world championships.
- February 2010: Broken right pinkie from crash in giant slalom at Vancouver Olympics. (Where she’d previously won the downhill gold.)
- December 2009: Microfractures in left forearm after crash during giant slalom in Lienz, Austria.
- February 2009: Severed tendon in right thumb cutting open champagne bottle at world championships in Val d’Isère, France.
- February 2007: Sprained right ACL after crash during training at the world championships in Åre, Sweden.