Skier Lindsey Vonn says ACL is '100% gone' after crash, remains determined for Olympic downhill

Olympic golden medalist and American alpine skis racer Lindsey Vonn continued to defy the likelihood Friday erstwhile she completed her archetypal women’s downhill grooming tally conscionable a week aft she tore her ACL successful a World Cup race.

Vonn, wearing the No. 10 bib and a brace connected her near knee, successfully completed her tally connected a time erstwhile fog delayed skiers waiting for their crook astatine the famed Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

She did not look to person immoderate limitations during the grooming run, though she occasionally veered disconnected people and astir missed immoderate gates. Vonn made it down the 1.6-mile way successful 1:40.33 and crossed the all-important decorativeness line.

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Lindsey Vonn of the United States successful women's downhill grooming during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre connected Feb. 6, 2026, successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.  (Eric Bolte/Imagn Images)

The 41-year-old champion skier, who holds a grounds of 12 World Cup wins successful Cortina, including six successful the downhill, looked assertive successful her archetypal grooming session.

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An ACL teardrop typically sidelines an jock for astir a year, but Vonn remains determined to negociate the wounded and compete. She elaborate the severity Friday, penning connected X that the captious genu ligament was "100% gone."

Lindsey Vonn of the United States successful women's downhill grooming during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre Feb. 6, 2026, successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. (Michael Madrid/Imagn Images)

"My ACL was afloat functioning until past Friday. Just due to the fact that it seems intolerable to you doesn’t mean it’s not possible. And yes, my ACL is 100% ruptured. Not 80% oregon 50%. It’s 100% gone," Vonn wrote.

Vonn disclosed the wounded a time aft posting a video of herself squatting with a barbell successful the gym. She underwent a partial close genu replacement successful 2024, underscoring a agelong past of genu issues.

Lindsey Vonn of the United States successful the decorativeness country during women's downhill grooming astatine the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games astatine the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre Feb. 6, 2026, successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.  (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters via Imagn Images)

Vonn celebrated with Team USA teammate Breezy Johnson aft Friday’s grooming tally but declined interviews. Asked if she was "all good?" she replied simply, "Yup."

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The women’s alpine downhill begins Sunday with Vonn expected to beryllium astatine the starting gate.

"I cognize what my chances were earlier the crash, and I cognize my chances aren't the aforesaid arsenic it stands today, but I cognize there's inactive a chance. And arsenic agelong arsenic there's a chance, I volition try," she told reporters Tuesday astatine Cortina Curling Stadium.

Fox News' Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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