Lindsey Vonn sustained a broken leg during a brutal crash at the Winter Olympics but it appears that the 41-year-old is keen to get back to work sooner rather than later
Lindsey Vonn shared videos of her in the gym(Image: lindseyvonn/Instagram)
Lindsey Vonn has remarkably returned to training just four weeks after breaking her leg in a horror crash at the Winter Olympics. Vonn, 41, crashed out of her opening downhill attempt in Italy just days after rupturing her cruciate ligament in practice.
She was airlifted to hospital, where she was told she had broken her leg and then underwent corrective surgery. Vonn has now offered a fresh update to her fans following fears that she might have lost her leg.
She took to social media to share videos of herself in the gym where she was shown lifting weights. She also shared one video where she put weight onto her leg.
“Definitely some hard times, but still thankful… still working hard,” Vonn’s caption of the post read. “The only goal is to get healthy. One day at a time. #icandothis.”
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NBA icon LeBron James was among those to offer support in response. He wrote: “You Got This!! Small thing to a GIANT!! LFG!!”
Vonn’s latest update comes after she revealed that true mental toll of her devastating injury. Taking to social media last month, she wrote: “Today was a hard day… my physical battle began the second I got hurt but the mental battle started today.
“It hit me like a ton of bricks. It’s a battle I’m used to because I’ve done it so many times. I have always learned from every injury.
“Each one has made me a better and stronger person in different ways… but the battle of the mind can be dark and hard and unrelenting.
“Someone I care about said ‘I am a master at the psychological game of life…’ I don’t know if that’s true…. I do know hard days are coming but I will find a way back to the top of the mountain of life.”
She added: “I was in the hospital a little longer than I hoped because I had very low haemoglobin from the blood loss from all the surgeries. I was really struggling, the pain was a little bit out of control and I had to have a blood transfusion. That helped me a lot and I turned the corner and now I am out.
“I am in a wheelchair right now, I am very much immobile, and I will be in a wheelchair for a while because I also broke my right ankle.
“I hope I can be on crutches in a little bit but we will see, and I will probably be on crutches for at least two months. But I’ll get right to work on rehab and see what I can do and take it one step at a time, like I always do.”
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