Overview
- Vonn said Monday she felt “pretty nervous,” thanked supporters and asked fans to await an update after the operation.
- Surgeons plan to remove all plates and screws from her left leg and insert a new anterior cruciate ligament, a procedure made possible after nine months of bone healing.
- She expects a further six- to nine-month absence from sport for graft integration and healing of the screw holes in her bone.
- Before the operation Vonn appeared at high-profile events and posted a Gucci shoot, saying it was “the last time on high heels for a while” and expressing gratitude for months of support.
- The procedure follows her February Olympic crash in Cortina that caused a complex left tibia fracture and a series of operations, including an emergency surgery that doctors say averted amputation, and it will be central to decisions about any future World Cup return.