Lindsey Vonn shares she hasn't been able to stand for 'over a week' 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.

American Olympian Lindsey Vonn shared Monday that she hasn’t been able to stand on her own two feet in over a week, but was glad to be back in the United States.

Vonn suffered immense Olympic heartbreak on Feb. 8 when she broke her leg in a hard crash in alpine skiing women’s downhill earlier in the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. She attempted to power through a ruptured ACL to make the podium, but the latest injury set her farther back.

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US' Lindsey Vonn (R) speaks to her Norwegian coach Aksel Lund Svindal (L) ahead of an official training for the women's downhill event during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Feb. 7, 2026. (Marco BERTORELLO / AFP via Getty Images)

She had since revealed that she underwent multiple surgeries to repair the leg. She said she’ll likely need more surgery back in the U.S.

"Haven’t stood on my feet in over a week… been in a hospital bed immobile since my race. And although I’m not yet able to stand, being back on home soil feels amazing," she wrote in a post on X.

"Huge thank you to everyone in Italy for taking good care of me."

Vonn, 41, needed to be airlifted off an Italian mountain in a scary scene during her downhill competition.

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Lindsey Vonn speeds down the course during alpine skiing women’s downhill official training at the 2026 Winter Olympics