{"id":2392,"date":"2026-02-11T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giantnews.us\/?p=2392"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:36:07","slug":"for-the-first-time-since-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giantnews.us\/?p=2392","title":{"rendered":"For the first time since her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn has shared an update following her serious crash and evacuation from the course in Cortina on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>Vonn posted a heartfelt statement on social media Monday, offering her thoughts on what went wrong as she fell, how she\u2019s felt since and why she doesn\u2019t believe it was a mistake to compete despite having recently torn her ACL.<\/p>\n<p>Her full statement is below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I was simply 5 inches too tight on my line when my right arm hooked inside of the gate, twisting me and resulted in my crash,\u201d Vonn wrote on the moment she fell. \u201cMy ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/cmg-cmg-tv-10020-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/https%3A%2F%2Fcloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com%2Fcmg%2FH35DQYT53QZVZCINJQJLYWPSGA.jpg?auth=56f793df1ee88db5e3b742f6934e90454651934bc360a6b850fcdec42c849474&amp;width=400&amp;height=225&amp;smart=true\" alt=\"Lindsey Vonn will start 13th in Olympic downhill as she competes on torn  ACL at age 41 - Boston 25 News\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vonn added she suffered \u201ca complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/AjsE9Y2SzO1R4hOkebLXIxeBmQg=\/1500x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)\/Lindsey-Vonn-FIS-Alpine-Ski-World-Cup-013126-f4fb06b52f004bd7aec2bb07a9d5719d.jpg\" alt=\"Lindsey Vonn Faces Olympic Challenge After Injury: 'Doing My Best'\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd similar to ski racing, we take risks in life,\u201d Vonn wrote. \u201cWe dream. 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