"It wasn't all for nothing it wasn't a dream although sitting in this hospital bed it seems far away now But I did it, she wrote. I came back. I won. I showed up and did what most thought was impossible at my age with a partial knee replacement. These memories I'll have forever and I'm grateful for every one of them. Every moment was amazing. Every moment was worth it."
"She was also skiing on a torn ACL. Some critics said she should have given up her Olympic spot to someone younger and with a clean bill of health. She reached the podium in all five World Cup downhill races she entered in the run-up to the Olympics, including two victories. However, the crash at the end of January that ruptured her ACL made some question whether she was risking her life as she sought to win her second Olympic gold medal."
Lindsey Vonn returned to Olympic alpine skiing for a fifth Games after a knee replacement and a temporary retirement, competing while skiing on a torn ACL. She reached the podium in all five World Cup downhill races she entered this season, including two victories, and earned her Olympic spot on performance. Vonn crashed early in the women's downhill at the Olympics, suffering a complex tibia fracture and a ruptured ACL. She underwent multiple surgeries in Italy and was later flown back to the United States for further treatment. Vonn posted on Instagram recapping her season and stating she had no regrets about the comeback.
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