Lindsey Vonn undergoes surgery for leg fracture after hard crash during Olympic run

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Lindsey Vonn underwent surgery "to stabilize a fracture reported in her left leg," officials at an Italian hospital said Sunday hours after the Olympian crashed hard during her run.

Vonn powered through a ruptured ACL to have an attempt to medal at the alpine skiing women’s downhill event. She lost control a few seconds into her run and crashed in the first sector. She writhed in pain as medical professionals tended to her.

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In this image taken from video provided by Olympic Broadcasting Services, Lindsey Vonn is down after crashing during an alpine ski women's downhill race, at the Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (Olympic Broadcasting Services via AP)

A helicopter was dispatched to whisk Vonn off the mountain. She was taken to a clinic in Cortina, then transferred to a hospital in Treviso.

The Ca’Foncello hospital released a statement on Vonn, saying she was being "treated by a multidisciplinary team. The U.S. Ski Team said Vonn was "in stable condition and in good hands with a team of American and Italian physicians."

"She’ll be OK, but it’s going to be a bit of a process," U.S. Ski and Snowboard’s chief of sport Anouk Patty said. "This sport’s brutal and people need to remember when they’re watching (that) these athletes are throwing themselves down a mountain and going really, really fast."

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Lindsey Vonn is airlifted after a crash at the Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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