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Lindsey Vonn will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics despite ‘completely ruptured’ ACL injury

American skiing superstar Lindsey Vonn will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina despite suffering a “completely ruptured” ACL in a crash on Friday.

Vonn had said in a recent Instagram post that her “Olympic dream is not over” and the 41-year-old’s confirmation at Tuesday’s press conference in the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium will have Team USA fans breathing a sigh of relief ahead of the Games.

Vonn lost control after landing a jump at a World Cup race in Crans-Montana and was seen crashing into the safety nets. After being treated by medics, the 2010 Olympic gold medalist was able to ski slowly down to the finish line but was clearly feeling discomfort. She was eventually airlifted to a hospital for further evaluation, as is standard practice for competitors injured during their runs.

She was the third skier to crash during the morning’s action. The rest of the day’s runs were eventually canceled due to low visibility.

Vonn is scheduled to race in the women’s downhill event on Sunday at this year’s Games, before also competing in the super-G and combined team competition. Her training runs are set to begin on ThIn an Instagram post on Tuesday, Vonn wrote: “I will still need to do one training run, as is required to race on Sunday, but… I am confident in my body’s ability to perform. Despite my injuries my knee is stable, I do not have swelling and my muscles are firing and reacting as they should.

“I will obviously be continuing to evaluate with my medical team on a daily basis to make sure we are making smart decisions but I have every intention of competing on Sunday.”

When asked at the press conference if she was going to compete in all three disciplines, Vonn said, “I don’t know,” before adding that her current goal is the downhill, but that if her knee is stable, she will continue to race with the intention to compete in all three disciplines.

“I don’t want to have any regrets,” she said.ursday, ahead of the Olympic opening ceremony.