Lindsey Vonn recovering from a ninth operation after her Olympic crash

American skier Lindsey Vonn, 42, is recovering from a ninth operation after breaking a leg and an ankle in a crash at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, PlanetSKI reported on 11 November. Before the procedure she posted a video on social media in which she said she was praying it would be her last operation and that she felt nervous and anxious, but also eager to put it behind her. Despite the injury, she finished 12th overall last season and fifth in the downhill standings, and was the highest-ranked U.S. woman in super-G. Vonn had retired in 2019 after a series of leg injuries and returned in 2024 following a partial right-knee replacement. She has 84 World Cup wins, the second-highest total on the women’s all-time list behind Mikaela Shiffrin. The article does not say when she might race again.