Lindsey Vonn awaits answers on next surgical steps after Olympic crash

Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel reacts to skier Lindsey Vonn’s crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics while competing with a ruptured ACL as she recovers from surgery on a fractured left leg from her downhill final in Cortina.

Lindsey Vonn is still in the hospital and still awaiting imaging before knowing the next steps in her medical recovery after competing on a ruptured ACL at the Olympics last week. 

"I’m finally feeling more like myself but I have a long, long way to go," Vonn said in an Instagram video.

"Tomorrow, I’ll have another surgery, and, hopefully, that goes well. And then I can potentially leave and go back home, at which point, I’ll need another surgery. Still don’t know exactly what that entails yet until I get some better imaging."

Vonn was visibly emotional as she lay in the hospital bed after a "hard few days." 

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The United States' Lindsey Vonn arrives at the finish area of alpine ski women's downhill training at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026.  (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

"That’s kinda where I am right now. I’m just in the hospital, very much immobile," Vonn said.

Her next surgery will be her fourth after her recent injury during an attempted Olympic comeback. 

Vonn was, arguably, the biggest American story entering the Milan Cortina Olympics this year, returning to the Games for the first time in eight years after a temporary retirement. She tore an ACL just a week earlier in a World Cup race but pressed on with her attempt to compete anyway. 

Then she crashed 13 seconds into her first race in Milan Cortina after hitting a gate and was airlifted from the Olympic course and taken to Ca’