Lindsey Vonn returns home to US following horror crash as skiing legend opens up on ‘severe’ injury
Lindsey Vonn opens up on severity of injury as she returns home following Winter Olympics crash
- Lindsey Vonn has returned to the United States after suffering a horror crash at the Winter Olympics.
- The American athlete sustained a leg fracture on 8 February during the downhill event.
- Vonn competed despite having previously ruptured her left anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a World Cup race.
- An Instagram montage posted on Tuesday (17 February) showed her being airlifted from a hospital in Italy for her journey home.
- She stated that her injury was "a lot more severe than just a broken leg" and is still processing its full implications.
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