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Lindsey Vonn Hospitalized After Complex Tibia Fracture: Details on Her Recovery Journey
The Olympian sustained a complex tibia fracture during the women's downhill.
The 41-year-old star said her torn ACL was not a factor in her crash. "While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets," she wrote.
Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old American alpine skier and former Olympic champion, suffered a complex tibia fracture during the downhill event at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday. Vonn crashed after racing despite having torn her left ACL just nine days earlier.
Amid the elation and euphoria of England’s women winning a second consecutive European Championship on Sunday, their right-back Lucy Bronze revealed on camera that she had played all six matches of the tournament with a fractured tibia in her left leg.