Lindsey Vonn still has a long rehab journey in front of her following her dramatic crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics — but things were almost much worse.
After undergoing multiple surgeries in Italy to repair the extensive damage done to her left leg, Vonn, 41, awoke in the middle of the night in the ICU screaming in agony when her leg would not stop swelling.
“It’s getting worse, and she’s not responding to monster amounts of fentanyl, morphine, oxycodone, like, every narcotic you can imagine,” Dr. Tom Hackett, the head physician for Team USA Ski and Snowboard, recalled in a Vanity Fair cove...
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