Winter Olympics: Vonn released from hospital

Ski star Lindsey Vonn left the clinic in Treviso and made her way to the USA – not without a small farewell gesture. Vonn, who was seriously injured after her fall in the Olympic downhill, was taken by ambulance to Marco Polo Airport in Venice in the morning, the hospital announced, according to the Ansa news agency. The 41-year-old left the stuffed animals that had been given to her in the past few days as donations at the children’s ward.

Vonn suffered a complex shin injury in her crash in Cortina d’Ampezzo. The American has already had several operations, which is not unusual for such injuries. The 2010 Olympic champion took part in the competition despite a torn cruciate ligament in her left knee.

Further operations planned in the USA

Vonn is accompanied by a team of doctors on the way to her homeland. Further operations are to follow in the USA, as Sophie Goldschmidt, head of the US ski team, announced on Sunday.

By Editor