American Olympian Lindsey Vonn needed surgery to “stabilize a fracture reported in left leg” following a hard crash at the Winter Olympics on Sunday.
Lindsey Vonn underwent surgery “to stabilize a fracture reported in her left leg”, officials at an Italian hospital said Sunday hours after the Olympian crashed hard during her run.
Vonn powered through a ruptured ACL to have an attempt to medal at the alpine skiing women’s downhill event. She lost control a few seconds into her run and crashed in the first sector. She writhed in pain as medical professionals tended to her.
A helicopter was dispatched to whisk Vonn off the mountain. She was taken to a clinic in Cortina, then transferred to a hospital in Treviso.
