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Lindsey Vonn gives health update as she undergoes ninth surgery following brutal Olympic crash

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Reigle, M. (2026, November 11). Lindsey Vonn gives health update as she undergoes ninth surgery following brutal Olympic crash. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/lindsey-vonn-health-update-9th-surgery-following-brutal-olympic-crash

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Fox News · collected 2026-11-11 · by Matt Reigle

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Lindsey Vonn recently announced on social media that she is undergoing her ninth surgery since sustaining severe injuries during the 2026 Winter Olympics crash. The surgery involves removing hardware from previous operations to make space for a new ACL, as she has yet to fully recover an ACL in her left leg which was torn before the games and further injured during the crash. Vonn noted that recovery will likely take another six to nine months after this procedure, despite initial positive signs of bone healing.
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American skier Lindsey Vonn underwent her ninth surgery on November 11, 2026, after sustaining severe injuries during the Olympic downhill race in Cortina nine months earlier. While racing nine days after rupturing ligaments in her left knee, Vonn struck a gate and crashed 13 seconds into her run. Surgeons removed all of the hardware from previous operations to make room for a new anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The 42-year-old Olympic champion had uploaded a video on social media expressing nervousness but hope that this would be her last operation, stating she was "praying" it would be successful. Vonn's recovery has been ongoing since the crash, and she has emphasized how essential these operations have been in preventing the need for amputation.

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"Basically, what we're doing is removing all of the plates and screws and just basically removing all the hardware to make room for the new ACL because I don't have an ACL still because of all the plates; just couldn't put it in," she explained.
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"This will be my ninth surgery," Vonn said in the video.
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Lindsey Vonn gives health update as she undergoes ninth surgery following brutal Olympic crash · assertive framing

Claims (14 extracted, 1 hedged)

It's been nearly ten months since Lindsey Vonn sustained brutal injuries in a crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, and the skiing star revealed that her recovery is still very much ongoing. asserted
recovery → sustain → Milan
The 42-year-old five-time Olympian hopped on social media to inform her followers that she had gone in for surgery. For the ninth time. asserted
she → hop → time
"This will be my ninth surgery," Vonn said in the video. asserted
Vonn → say → video
'I'm doing this beforehand because I'm actually getting pretty nervous about it. asserted
I → do → it
On the day of, I'm going to be focused and rested and trying to get through it." asserted
I → go → it
Vonn explained that the reason for this surgery was to remove hardware that had been installed during previous procedures. asserted
that → explain → procedures
"Basically, what we're doing is removing all of the plates and screws and just basically removing all the hardware to make room for the new ACL because I don't have an ACL still because of all the plates; just couldn't put it in," she explained. asserted
she → do → it
Back in February, she was competing on a torn ACL in her left leg that she injured just before the start of the games. asserted
she → compete → games
She tried to compete in the Olympics, but crashed in the women's downhill event and severely injured the same leg. asserted
She → try → leg
However, once she has that fresh ACL, she still has a long road ahead of her. asserted
she → have → her
"So I've been waiting all these nine months so my bones could heal and we could fix the ACL, and my bones healed, which is great news," she said. uncertain
she → wait → ACL
"But obviously now I have the ACL, and that means another six-to-nine months." asserted
that → have → months
Fortunately, Vonn posted on her Instagram story that the surgery went well. asserted
surgery → post → story
She also showed off a big with the hardware that used to be in her left leg captioned, "Got all this s--t out of my leg." asserted
that → show → leg
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