Lindsey Vonn shares more heartbreak, revealing her dog died day after Olympics crash

As if Lindsey Vonn hadn’t been going done enough, the skier announced Wednesday that her beloved dog, Leo, had died.

Leo died 1 time aft Vonn crashed successful a tally astatine the Milan Cortina Olympics, which has resulted successful 4 surgeries already, with much likely.

"2/9/2026 Leo passed away. The time aft my clang I said goodbye to by my large lad arsenic I laid successful my infirmary bed," Vonn said. "Been immoderate of the hardest days of my beingness and inactive person not begun to process his passing… I volition ever emotion you Leo."

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Lindsey Vonn of the United States looks dejected during the Ladies' Alpine Combined connected time 13 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games astatine Yongpyong Alpine Centre connected Feb. 22, 2018 ,in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.   (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Vonn said Leo had been suffering from lung crab and that she had owned him for 13 years.

Vonn suffered immense Olympic heartbreak connected Feb. 8 erstwhile she broke her limb successful a hard clang successful the women's downhill alpine skiing lawsuit earlier successful the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. She attempted to powerfulness done a ruptured ACL to marque the podium, but the latest wounded acceptable her further back.

She suffered the ACL wounded during a signifier tally conscionable 1 week earlier the Games.

Lindsey Vonn speeds down the people during alpine skiing women’s downhill authoritative grooming astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, connected Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati))

"Haven’t stood connected my feet successful implicit a week… been successful a infirmary furniture immobile since my race. And though I’m not yet capable to stand, being backmost connected location ungraded feels amazing," she wrote successful a station connected X earlier this week.

"Huge convey you to everyone successful Italy for taking bully attraction of me."

Vonn, 41, needed to beryllium airlifted disconnected an Italian upland successful a frightening country during her downhill competition.

Before the Games began, galore wondered however Vonn would skis on her ruptured ACL, but she was determined to effort to medal successful her signature event. Her runs connected Friday and Saturday went fine, but she mislaid power a fewer seconds into her run, and things got precise superior afterward.

United States' Lindsey Vonn is airlifted distant aft a clang during an alpine skis women's downhill race, astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics, successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Vonn said past week she had nary regrets astir her determination to race.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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