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Lindsey Vonn\u2019s health situation is becoming the focus of attention. Alongside the emotional message from Sofia Goggia, doctors are now concentrating on analyzing a crucial detail in NBC\u2019s slow-motion video.<\/p>\n

This detail is believed to have the potential to completely alter the prognosis for the female athlete\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n

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CORTINA d\u2019AMPEZZO, Italy \u2014 Lindsey Vonn suffered a complex tibia fracture during the women\u2019s downhill event on Sunday, Feb. 8 at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Vonn, who was skiing on\u00a0a torn ACL\u00a0suffered during pre-Olympics training,\u00a0crashed after her arm hooked the fourth gate during her run.<\/p>\n

Vonn was in obvious pain after the crash, but she was moving her arms, head and neck.<\/p>\n

Vonn was airlifted off the slopes\u00a0and taken to a clinic in Cortina before she was transferred to a hospital two hours south in Treviso. Vonn had surgery at Ca\u2019Foncello Hospital to stabilize the broken left leg, the hospital said in a statement on Feb. 8.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused,\u00a0I have no regrets,\u201d Vonn said in an\u00a0Instagram post\u00a0on Feb. 9, after the\u00a0horrific crash. \u201cStanding in the starting gate yesterday was an incredible feeling that I will never forget. Knowing I stood there having a chance to win was a victory in and of itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also knew that racing was a risk. It always was and always will be an incredibly dangerous sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vonn said her torn ACL, suffered the week prior to the Winter Games, had nothing to do with the crash. She injured her left knee \u2013 she also had bone bruising and meniscus damage \u2013 in another crash on Jan. 30 in the final downhill before the Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn downhill ski racing the difference between a strategic line and a catastrophic injury can be as small as 5 inches. 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 said. \u201cMy ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n

USA TODAY Sports\u00a0will provide updates on Vonn\u2019s condition after Sunday\u2019s brutal fall on the slopes:<\/p>\n

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Lindsey Vonn of Team United States crashes during the Women\u2019s Downhill on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic.<\/p>\n

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Lindsey Vonn of Team United States crashes during the Women\u2019s Downhill on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic.<\/p>\n

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A helicopter carries U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn after her crash in the women\u2019s downhill event at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo on Feb. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Lindsey Vonn of Team United States crashes during the Women\u2019s Downhill on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic.<\/p>\n

Lindsey Vonn hooked the fourth gate with her right arm, and it spun her off-balance. She fought to regain control, but her legs had already splayed and her weight quickly shifted to the back of her skis, pulling her backward. She fell to her right and then tumbled headfirst in the snow.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings just happen so quick in this sport,\u201d U.S. teammate Bella Wright said after the race. \u201cIt looked like Lindsey had incredible speed out of that turn, and she hooked her arm and it\u2019s just over just like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three-time Olympic medalist remained prone in the snow, and she could be heard wailing in pain. The gasps and groans from fans faded into shocked silence as medics worked on her. Vonn remained on the course for approximately 13 minutes before being loaded into a helicopter.<\/p>\n

OPINION:\u00a0<\/strong>Lindsey Vonn\u2019s crash was cruel. Her bravery epitomizes Olympic spirit<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. Ski said on Sunday, Feb. 8 that\u00a0Lindsey Vonn was in stable condition. She was treated by a multidisciplinary team and \u201cunderwent an orthopedic operation to stabilize a fracture reported in her left leg,\u201d the Ca\u2019 Foncello hospital said in a statement to the AP.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019ll be OK, but it\u2019s going to be a bit of a process,\u201d Anouk Patty, chief of sport for U.S. Ski and Snowboard told AP. \u201cThis sport\u2019s brutal and people need to remember when they\u2019re watching (that) these athletes are throwing themselves down a mountain and going really, really fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

A tibia fracture is a break in the shin bone that is an emergency needing immediate treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour tibias are some of the strongest bones in your body. It usually takes a lot of force to break one,\u201d according to the Cleveland Clinic. \u201cYou probably won\u2019t be able to stand, walk or put weight on your leg if you have a broken shin bone.\u201d<\/p>\n

A complex fracture involves multiple breaks in a bone and damaged soft tissue,\u00a0according Yale Medicine.\u00a0Symptoms include extreme pain, numbness and, sometimes, a bone that protrudes through the skin.\u00a0Treatment involves stabilization and surgery.<\/p>\n

The precise speed Lindsey Vonn was traveling at the time of her crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics does not fully capture what propelled her down that mountain.<\/p>\n

\u201cLindsey only knows one speed, and that\u2019s all out,\u201d said Fraser Bullock, the President and Executive Chair of Utah 2034, the Olympic organizing committee.<\/p>\n

Erin Mendenhall, the mayor of Salt Lake City, said she messaged Vonn before and after the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is the epitome of courage and Olympianism,\u201d Mendenhall said.<\/p>\n

Read more\u00a0from USA TODAY Sports\u2019 Josh Peter.<\/p>\n

Lindsey Vonn\u00a0is feeling well enough to text with friends. Italian skiing star Sofia Goggia, one of Vonn\u2019s closest friends, said Tuesday that\u00a0she and Vonn had texted a day earlier.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really sorry for her. She didn\u2019t deserve this,\u201d Goggia said after\u00a0crashing in the downhill portion of the team combined event. Goggia won bronze in the individual downhill two days prior and lit the cauldron in Cortina during the opening ceremoney.<\/p>\n

Vonn suffered\u00a0a complex tibial fracture\u00a0in\u00a0a crash during the Olympic downhill\u00a0Sunday, Feb. 8, and she said it will require multiple surgeries.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really sorry for her,\u201d Goggia said. \u201cI feel the suffering that she has inside of herself.\u201d\u00a0\u2212 Nancy Armour<\/em><\/p>\n

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NBC broadcasts the Olympics and posted\u00a0video of Vonn\u2019s crash.<\/p>\n

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USA TODAY Sports\u2019\u00a0Samantha Cardona-Norberg\u00a0breaks down Linsdey Vonn\u2019s crash\u00a0just after it happened.<\/p>\n

Fans went silent as soon as Vonn crash, reacting with shock, grief and later support as the helicopter lifted her into the sky.\u00a0USA TODAY Sports talked to some fans after the crash.<\/p>\n

A replay of Lindsey Vonn\u2019s crash was shown during the NBC broadcast in the moments that followed the conclusion of\u00a0Super Bowl 60.\u00a0The broadcast was edited down, spending just three minutes on Vonn, from the start of her race at the gate to her being airlifted off the course and taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n

The three-minute window also included two replays and showed the reactions from some of her peers who were also competing.<\/p>\n

It was second time in as many weeks Vonn left a mountaintop on a chopper.\u00a0She fully ruptured her left ACL, sustaining meniscus damage and bone bruising, in a downhill crash on Jan. 30, in the final World Cup event prior to the start of the Olympics.<\/p>\n

Vonn was also skiing with a partial replacement of her right knee. She had dominated the sport before the crash, making the podium in all five downhill races this season and winning two of them.<\/p>\n

Despite the latest injury, Vonn was determined to race at her fifth and final Olympics. She said her knee felt stable and strong, and she had\u00a0spent the last week doing intense rehab, pool workouts, weight lifting and plyometrics. She skied both training runs,\u00a0posting the third-fastest time in the second run\u00a0before it was canceled because of fog and snow.<\/p>\n

Vonn is 41 and was skiing in her fifth Winter Olympics (2002, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2026). She has won three Olympic medals (1 gold, 2 bronze).<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a list of Vonn\u2019s significant injuries throughout her career:<\/p>\n

January 2026:<\/strong>\u00a0Torn ACL in left knee.<\/p>\n

January 2019<\/strong>: Impact injury to peroneal nerve.<\/p>\n

November 2018<\/strong>: Torn lateral collateral ligament and meniscus in left knee, three tibial plateau fractures from crash during training at Copper Mountain, Colorado.<\/p>\n

November 2016<\/strong>: Fractured humerus in right arm from crash during training at Copper Mountain, Colorado.<\/p>\n

August 2015<\/strong>: Broken ankle from crash during training in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

February 2016<\/strong>: Multiple fractures in left knee from crash during World Cup super-G in Andorra.<\/p>\n

December 2013<\/strong>: MCL sprain in right knee.<\/p>\n

November 2013<\/strong>: Torn right ACL from crash in training at Copper Mountain, Colorado.<\/p>\n

February 2013<\/strong>: Torn ACL and MCL in right knee and tibial plateau fracture in right leg following crash in super-G at world championships.<\/p>\n

February 2010<\/strong>: Broken right pinkie from crash in giant slalom at Vancouver Olympics. (Where she\u2019d previously won the downhill gold.)<\/p>\n

December 2009<\/strong>: Microfractures in left forearm after crash during giant slalom in Lienz, Austria.<\/p>\n

February 2009<\/strong>: Severed tendon in right thumb cutting open champagne bottle at world championships in Val d\u2019Is\u00e8re, France.<\/p>\n

February 2007<\/strong>: Sprained right ACL after crash during training at the world championships in \u00c5re, Sweden.<\/p>\n

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