"Days before traveling to Italy for the Winter Olympics, the 41-year-old crashed at another event and tore her ACL. Knowing it was likely to be her last chance to ski in the Olympics given her age, Vonn opted to delay her surgery and compete on the torn knee ligament. Days later, however, Vonn had another hard crash at the Olympics and had to be airlifted to a nearby hospital. This time, she fractured her tibia."
"Hours later, Matteo Bassetti, a doctor and professor of infectious diseases at the University of Genoa, sent Vonn well wishes with a tweet of his own. He then went on to criticize the Trump administration, saying in a tweet translated from Italian: I wish to extend my best wishes for a speedy recovery to #LindseyVonn, who will now return to her home in the United States. Vonn was able to appreciate Italy's extraordinary public healthcare system, which took care of her with three surgical procedures."
Lindsey Vonn tore her ACL days before traveling to the 2026 Winter Olympics and chose to delay surgery to compete on the injured knee. She suffered a hard crash at the Olympics, was airlifted to a local hospital and sustained a fractured tibia. Vonn underwent three surgical procedures in Italy before being sent back to the United States. She confirmed her return to U.S. soil by tweet, saying she had been immobile in a hospital bed for over a week and thanking Italian doctors for their care. Italian infectious-disease professor Matteo Bassetti publicly praised Italy's public healthcare for treating Vonn and criticized the Trump administration in a translated tweet.
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