“I broke down”: Lindsey Vonn talks about “the internal mental battle” after her terrible injury at the 2026 Olympics

Lindsey Vonn’s nightmare isn’t completely over yet. Victim of a very heavy fall on Saturday February 8 during the downhill of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the American fractured her left leg. A “complex” fracture which required him to undergo several operations and a stay of almost two weeks in hospital.

Now out and settled in a hotel, the alpine ski star shared this Wednesday the mental difficulties she is now experiencing. “I had a pretty difficult day yesterday, everything really upset me and I broke down,” she explained in a video showing her in the middle of a cuddle session with a dog. I know there will be many days like this, the internal mental battle is just beginning. One day at a time. »

A few days earlier, Lindsey Vonn revealed that her doctor had “saved (her) leg.” Victim of compartment syndrome (increased pressure in the area surrounding certain muscles), she had to undergo surgery to avoid amputation. “He opened my leg, let it breathe and saved me,” she wrote. A year of convalescence now awaits him before regaining all of his faculties.

After that, the American, who had ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament a few days before the start of the Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina, will have to undergo a new operation to treat her knee. An obstacle course for the champion who received messages of support from many sports stars. “Champions are defined by the times they win and the times they refuse to give up,” wrote Cristiano Ronaldo.