Lindsey Vonn fires back at critics who questioned Olympics spot amid devastating injury

American Olympian Lindsey Vonn fired backmost astatine critics who needled her for taking a spot connected Team USA contempt having a ruptured ACL and aboriginal breaking her leg.

Vonn is recovering from aggregate surgeries connected the breached limb she suffered successful alpine skiing women’s downhill aboriginal successful the Milan Cortina Olympics. She was transported backmost to the U.S. past week.

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Lindsey Vonn speaks during the U.S. Olympic Team media acme successful mentation for the Milan Olympic Winter Games astatine Javits Center connected Oct. 28, 2025. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)

She said her propulsion for an Olympics quality astatine property 41 "wasn’t each for nothing."

"It was everything. And it wasn’t a dream… though sitting successful this infirmary furniture it seems acold distant now…" she captioned a video posted connected her Instagram.

"But I did it. I came back. I won. I showed up and did what astir thought was intolerable astatine my property with a partial genu replacement. These memories I’ll person everlastingly and I’m grateful for each 1 of them. Every infinitesimal was amazing. Every infinitesimal was worthy it.

Lindsey Vonn concentrates up of an alpine skis grooming league astatine the Winter Olympics, successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

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"One happening that stung was erstwhile radical said I was selfish and should springiness my Olympic spot to idiosyncratic else."

Vonn recalled being 1 of the apical World Cup skiers during the play earlier she made Team USA. She was archetypal successful the downhill and 3rd successful super-G standings. She made the podium successful 7 retired of 8 events.

"It’s not intolerable until it’s done. I didn’t scope my eventual goal…. But I inactive did a lot," she added. "Thank you to those who believed."

Lindsey Vonn arrives astatine the decorativeness country during grooming astatine the Winter Olympics, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Vonn has been posting updates connected her betterment since she was successful an Italian hospital. She said past week she hadn’t been connected her feet since the injury.

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