Lindsey Vonn makes Olympic comeback after ACL injury in women's downhill

Lindsey Vonn's singular comeback to the Olympic Games is astir complete.

Vonn completed her grooming successful the women’s downhill connected Friday and Saturday, a large trial aft she tore her ACL conscionable implicit a week agone successful a World Cup race. With her grooming complete, she volition vie astatine 5:30 a.m. ET connected Sunday successful the women’s downhill final.

Vonn volition besides vie successful the women’s squad combined downhill and the women’s super-G.

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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)

The 41-year-old volition enactment successful the women’s squad combined authoritative grooming connected Monday, Feb. 9, astatine 5:30 a.m. ET. She volition past vie successful the existent lawsuit connected Tuesday, Feb. 10, astatine 4:30 a.m. ET and 8 a.m. ET.

Her last lawsuit is connected Thursday, the women’s super-G, astatine 5:30 a.m. ET.

After Vonn was injured past week, galore thought it would regularisation her retired of the Olympics, but the Minnesota autochthonal has fought through. On X, she clarified that her ACL is 100% ruptured.

LINDSEY VONN TO COMPETE IN WINTER OLYMPICS DAYS AFTER SUFFERING INJURY IN WORLD CUP CRASH

Franjo von Allmen speeds down the people during an alpine skiing men’s downhill contention astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Bormio, Italy. The contention took spot connected Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)

An ACL teardrop usually entails a betterment that lasts astir a year, but Vonn plans to combat done it.

She made a stunning comeback to the athletics past twelvemonth aft astir six years distant from competition. Her instrumentality followed a partial titanium replacement inserted into her close knee, which she had successful 2024.

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Lindsey Vonn, right, and Breezy Johnson basal successful the decorativeness country during an alpine skiing women’s downhill authoritative grooming astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, connected Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)

The Team USA fable is the second-most palmy pistillate successful World Cup past with 84 wins. She has won 8 World Championship medals.

Vonn won a golden medal successful the downhill and a bronze medal successful the super-G successful the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, and a bronze medal successful the downhill astatine the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games. She volition look to adhd to her postulation successful Italy.

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