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Vonn has second surgery after Olympics crash: report

American skier Lindsey Vonn has had a second operation to stabilise the fracture of her left leg that she suffered in a brutal crash at the Winter Olympics, Italian agency ANSA reported Monday.

Vonn, 41, has a fractured femur that was stabilised in two stages, with the placement of an external fixation device, the report said.

The American crashed heavily just 13 seconds after starting her run in the downhill in Cortina d’Ampezzo on Sunday.

Her cries of pain were picked up by microphones before she was winched off the piste by a rescue helicopter.

On Sunday, Ca’ Foncello hospital in Treviso had announced that the American had undergone surgery “to stabilise a fracture of the left leg”.

Contacted by AFP, the US Ski and Snowboard federation declined to confirm the report, saying it would release a statement on Vonn’s status shortly.

The 2010 Olympic downhill champion was making an audacious bid for a medal after suffering a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee in late January.

Vonn had resumed her career in late 2024 after nearly six years in retirement and was considered a strong favourite for the downhill at the Milan–Cortina Games after recording seven World Cup podium finishes, including two wins, before her crash in Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

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