‘No regrets’ – Vonn sustains ‘complex tibia fracture’Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Lindsey Vonn was racing nine days after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left kneeByJess AndersonBBC Sport journalist in CortinaPublished9 February 2026Updated 1 hour agoAmerican skier Lindsey Vonn says she has “no regrets” after a crash in the women’s downhill competition at the Winter Olympics resulted in a “complex tibia fracture” which will require multiple surgeries.The 41-year-old was already racing with ruptured ligaments in her left knee when she struck a gate 13 seconds into Sunday’s run in Cortina.Thrown off balance, Vonn was left screaming in pain after falling and was treated on the slope for a lengthy period before being airlifted to hospital in Treviso.The 2010 Olympic downhill champion, competing at a fifth and final Games, later had surgery on a fractured left leg.
“Yesterday my Olympic dream did not finish the way I dreamt it would,” she mentioned in a post on Instagram on Monday.
“It wasn’t a story book ending or a fairytale, it was just life. I dared to dream and had worked so hard to achieve it.
“While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets.
“Standing 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.”
