Olympic legend Lindsey Vonn is embarking on the toughest climb of her life after a devastating crash at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Just seconds into her downhill event—and only a week after tearing her ACL—Lindsey suffered a high-speed crash that has left the sporting world stunned.
While the initial shock of her complex tibia fracture had everyone in the sporting world focused on the physical pain, Lindsey has now turned the spotlight on the mental anguish of elite-level injury. In a candid and emotional post on X on February 25, the 41-year-old superstar revealed that while her physical fight began the moment she landed on the snow, a new kind of war has just begun.
“Today was a tough day,” Lindsey revealed to her fans. “My physical battle began the second I got hurt but the mental battle started today. It hit me like a ton of bricks.”
The skier, who was airlifted from the slopes and recently revealed that surgeons narrowly saved her leg from amputation, is no stranger to the operating table. However, she noted that the "battle of the mind" can be "dark and hard and unrelenting" in ways that broken bones are not. Despite the weight of her current situation, Lindsey remains a "master at the psychological game of life," a title bestowed upon her by a close confidant.
"I don’t know if that’s true," she reflected. "I do know hard days are coming but I will find a way back to the top of the mountain of life."
With the prospect of spending the next few months in a wheelchair, Lindsey still holds her ground against those who doubted her presence at the Games. While her Olympic dream did not get its fairytale ending, Lindsey’s spirit is still unshaken. Lindsey, refusing to give in to the "haters," insists that she would rather go down swinging than never swing at all. The recovery process will be long, but as Lindsey always says, she always finds a way to swing back.
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