Lindsey Vonn reveals how close she was to getting her leg amputated after frightening Olympics crash

Fuente: New York Post

The way Lindsey Vonn sees it, tearing her ACL may have been a blessing in disguise. For if she hadn’t suffered that injury roughly a week before her horrifying crash at the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics that shattered her left leg, she may have had her leg amputated, she revealed in an Instagram video Monday morning after being released from the hospital. The 41-year-old Vonn said she had additional fractures beyond the tibia and developed compartment syndrome, where painful pressure builds within the muscles and blood flow is restricted.