Lindsey Vonn will compete at 2026 Winter Olympics despite ‘completely ruptured’ ACL injury
An 84 time World Cup champion and 3-time Olympic medalist, Lindsey Vonn tells me she has nothing left to prove on the slopes, which means that everyone skiing against her in Cortina should be very, very nervous. I feel like I’m so lucky to be doing this one more time. And the 41-year-old plans on going out on top. Vaughn retired in 2019 due to chronic pain from various injuries, but after having *** partial knee replacement in 2024, she’s back with *** new titanium right knee and *** new perspective. I’ve been away from the sport for so long. You know I’ve been through so many injuries, so many, you know, life lessons, so many adversities, especially in the last few years, that I’m just so grateful, and she’ll be comfortable in Cortina, calling it her second home. She won her first World Cup there in 200. when she was just 19 years old, and overall she’s won *** record 12 times on this course. This is going to be an amazing journey no matter what the outcome. I’m obviously very competitive, so I have high expectations, but when I’m standing in the starting gate, I’m going to enjoy it with everything I have. Besides going for gold, she’s also craving the food and her favorite dish in Italy. I have my own pizza. There in Cortina, which was, it was *** feat in of itself, like I had to go back there and tell the guy, like I really want this pizza. And I got it. The restaurant where she has her own pizza is 5 Tori. It’s *** favorite for the racers, and the Lindsey Vonn pizza is her version of the margarita. On the road to Milan Cortina, I’m Fletcher Mackle.
Lindsey Vonn will compete at 2026 Winter Olympics despite ‘completely ruptured’ ACL injury
American skiing superstar Lindsey Vonn will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina despite suffering a serious knee injury in a crash on Friday.Vonn had said in a recent Instagram post that her “Olympic dream is not over” and the 41-year-old’s confirmation at Tuesday’s press conference in the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium will have Team USA fans breathing a sigh of relief ahead of the Games.This is a developing story and will be updated.
American skiing superstar Lindsey Vonn will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina despite suffering a serious knee injury in a crash on Friday.
Vonn had said in a recent Instagram post that her “Olympic dream is not over” and the 41-year-old’s confirmation at Tuesday’s press conference in the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium will have Team USA fans breathing a sigh of relief ahead of the Games.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
