- Lindsey Vonn shared an update from the hospital in a February 13 Instagram video.
- The athlete, who fell on February 9 after attempting to win gold in the women's Olympic downhill, revealed that she has multiple surgeries to go.
- Despite her injuries, Lindsey wished Team USA good luck in their competitions.
Lindsey Vonn attempted to do the impossible at the 2026 Winter Olympics this year. At 41, Lindsey was hoping to cap her comeback era with a win for Team USA in the Olympic downhill on February 9, but her dreams were cut short after falling on the course 13 seconds into her routine. The fall resulted in the athlete fracturing her leg in several places and is requiring her to have multiple surgeries—but she’s assuring fans that she’ll be okay.
In a February 13 Instagram video, Lindsey went on camera to thanks her friends and fans for their continued support as she recovers from her injuries, and reported that she is working on get back to normal with each passing day.
“Thank you so much to everyone that has been sending me flowers and letter and sharks and stuffed animals. It's just been so amazing and has really helped me a lot,” she said. “It’s been quite a hard few days in the hospital. I'm finally feeling more like myself but [I] have a long long way to go.”
“Tomorrow I’ll have another surgery and hopefully that goes well, and that I can leave an go back home, at which point I’ll need another surgery...I still don't know what that entails yet once I get some more imaging,” Lindsey added. “I am in the hospital very much immobile, but I have a lot of friends and family that have been coming to visit. I feel very lucky and fortunate. I have so many people around me that have been helping me get through this.”
And like the good sport that she is, Lindsey wished all of her fellow athletes on Team USA good luck in their competitions: “Go Team USA, it's been so great to watch and really lifted my spirits. Good job team and keep crushing it.”
Hours after the crash initially happened, Lindsey took to Instagram to reveal that she had “no regrets” about the how the event turned out for her.
“Knowing I stood there having a chance to win was a victory in and of itself. I also knew that racing was a risk. It always was and always will be an incredibly dangerous sport,” she added. “And similar to ski racing, we take risks in life. We dream. We love. We jump. And sometimes we fall. Sometimes our hearts are broken. Sometimes we don’t achieve the dreams we know we could have. But that is the also the beauty of life; we can try.Æ
“I tried. I dreamt. I jumped. I hope if you take away anything from my journey it’s that you all have the courage to dare greatly,” Lindsey’s post concluded. “Life is too short not to take chances on yourself. Because the only failure in life is not trying. I believe in you, just as you believed in me.”
