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A Timeline of Lindsey Vonn's Olympic Injury and Near-Amputation

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If you were glued to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, you already know the moment that defined these Games didn’t happen on a podium. It happened 13 seconds into Lindsey Vonn‘s women’s downhill run on February 8, 2026 — a crash so devastating it ended with airlifts, multiple surgeries and a revelation that the athlete nearly lost her leg entirely. Vonn’s journey to the 2026 Olympics was already the most gripping story line heading into the Games: A six-year retirement. A partial knee replacement that gave her a titanium knee. A comeback was announced in November 2024. And...