""I have been reading a lot of messages and comments saying that what has happened to me makes them sad. Please, don't be sad," she wrote. "Empathy, love and support I welcome with an open heart, but please not sadness or sympathy." Instead, Vonn hopes her fall inspires strength. "I hope instead it gives you strength to keep fighting, because that is what I am doing and that is what I will continue to do. Always.""
"Vonn's Olympic dream ended violently on the Cortina downhill track when a gate caught her hand on a roller, throwing her off balance and launching her into a brutal crash. Vonn suffered a complex fracture to her left leg, which after a third surgery was secured with an external bracket to hold the bones into place. There were some critics who claimed that her ACL rupture the week before contributed to the crash, but Vonn will have none of that and is coming out of the incident with no regrets."
Lindsey Vonn's surgery in Italy was successful and she will return to the United States. More medical details will follow. Vonn asked fans not to respond with sadness or sympathy, welcoming empathy, love and support instead. She hopes her fall inspires strength and urged others to keep fighting. The crash occurred 13 seconds into the Olympic downhill after a gate caught her hand and launched her into a brutal crash. Vonn suffered a complex fracture to her left leg that required a third surgery. Some critics linked the crash to a prior ACL rupture; Vonn rejected that framing and affirmed she took the risk knowingly.
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