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Lindsey Vonn is preparing to return to the United States, the U.S. Ski Team\u2019s chief told The Associated Press on Sunday, saying the champion skier was getting ready to fly back home for further treatment after wiping out in the women\u2019s Olympic downhill competition last weekend.<\/p>\n

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Sophie Goldschmidt, president and CEO of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, told the AP the team\u2019s medical staff has been coordinating Vonn\u2019s recovery since the crash and subsequent helicopter evacuation at the Milan Cortina Games and would try to accompany her home. Vonn has had multiple surgeries in Italy to repair a complex tibia fracture in her left leg.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re working through all of that at the moment,\u201d Goldschmidt said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a great team around helping her and she\u2019ll go back to the U.S. for further surgeries.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spectators tuning in to see Vonn attempt to win a medal at age 41 with a torn ACL in her left knee and a partial titanium replacement in her right knee were thrown into shock when the American standout got hooked on a gate 13 seconds into her run \u2014 resulting in a spinning, air-born crash that sent her careening down the Dolomite mountain.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe impact, the silence, everyone was just in shock. And you could tell it was a really nasty injury,\u201d said Goldschmidt, who was in attendance for the fall. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of danger in doing all sorts of Alpine sports but it gives more of an appreciation for how superhuman these athletes are.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, putting your body on the line, going at those speeds, the physicality. Sometimes, actually on the broadcast, it\u2019s really hard to get that across,\u201d Goldschmidt added. \u201cDanger sometimes brings fans in and is pretty captivating. We obviously hope we won\u2019t have injuries like that but it is unfortunately part and parcel of our sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vonn said on Friday that she was expecting to have another surgery for the leg injury, which was slated to happen on Saturday. In a video shared to social media, Vonn told her followers that she could potentially return to the U.S. after that surgery if it went well. At that point, she had already undergonefour surgeries since her crash.<\/p>\n

But Vonn has no regrets about skiing in the 2026 Olympics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I think back on my crash, I didn\u2019t stand in the starting gate unaware of the potential consequences,\u201d Vonn said in an Instagram post late Saturday. \u201cI knew what I was doing. I chose to take a risk. Every skier in that starting gate took the same risk. Because even if you are the strongest person in the world, the mountain always holds the cards.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut just because I was ready, that didn\u2019t guarantee me anything. Nothing in life is guaranteed. That\u2019s the gamble of chasing your dreams, you might fall but if you don\u2019t try you\u2019ll never know,\u201d Vonn added.<\/p>\n

Goldschmidt visited Vonn at the hospital twice and said, \u201cShe\u2019s not in pain. She\u2019s in a stable condition.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe took an aggressive line and was all in and it was inches off what could have ended up a very different way,\u201d Goldschmidt said. \u201cBut what she\u2019s done for our sports and the sport in general, her being a role model, has gone to a whole new level. You learn often more about people during these tough moments than when they\u2019re winning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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