Lindsey Vonn reveals surprising health update ahead of Olympic run

Olympic gold medalist and American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn continued to defy expectations on Friday as she accomplished her first girls’s downhill coaching, only a week after tearing her ACL in a World Cup race.

Vonn, carrying jersey quantity 10 and a brace on her left knee, efficiently accomplished her run on a day when fog slowed down skiers ready their flip on the well-known Tofane Alpine Ski Heart in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

Throughout the coaching run she appeared to don’t have any limitations, though she often veered off beam and virtually missed some gates. Vonn accomplished the two.6-mile circuit in 1:40.33, crossing the all-important end line.

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Lindsey Vonn of america throughout girls’s downhill coaching throughout the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on the Tofane Alpine Snowboarding Heart on February 6, 2026 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Eric Bolte/Imagn Photos)

The 41-year-old ski champion, who has a document of 12 World Cup victories in Cortina, together with six within the downhill, appeared aggressive in her first coaching session.

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An ACL tear sometimes sidelines an athlete for a few 12 months, however Vonn stays decided to handle the harm and compete. She detailed the severity on Friday, writing on X that the vital knee ligament was “100% gone.”

Lindsey Vonn of america throughout girls’s downhill coaching throughout the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on the Tofane Alpine Snowboarding Heart, Feb. 6, 2026, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Michael Madrid/Imagn Photos)

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“My ACL was totally practical till final Friday. Simply because it appears not possible to you doesn’t suggest it is not attainable. And sure, my ACL is 100% torn. Not 80% or 50%. It is 100% gone,” Vonn wrote.

Vonn introduced the harm a day later post a video of herself squatting with a barbell within the gymnasium. She underwent a partial proper knee substitute in 2024, highlighting a protracted historical past of knee issues.

Lindsey Vonn of america within the end space throughout girls’s downhill coaching on the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on the Tofane Alpine Snowboarding Heart, Feb. 6, 2026, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters through Imagn Photos)

Vonn celebrated with Crew USA teammate Breezy Johnson after Friday’s observe however declined interviews. Requested if she was okay? she merely replied, “Sure.”

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The ladies’s alpine downhill begins Sunday and Vonn is predicted to be on the beginning gate.

“I do know what my possibilities have been earlier than the crash, and I do know my possibilities are usually not the identical as they’re now, however I do know there may be nonetheless an opportunity. And so long as there’s a likelihood, I’ll strive,” she advised reporters at Cortina Curling Stadium on Tuesday.

Fox Information’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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