Lindsey Vonn shows off progress in gym 1 month after 2026 Olympics crash
The Olympic skier marked a major milestone as she continues her recovery.
Lindsey Vonn is continuing to regain her strength just over a month after a major crash at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. In a new Instagram post shared over the weekend, the athlete is seen performing six unassisted pull-ups before lowering herself onto a step stool, returning to her crutches and fist-bumping her trainer to celebrate the milestone. “First set of pull ups post surgery,” she wrote in the caption.
“Slowly getting there! ” Lindsey Vonn thanks doctor she says saved her leg from amputation after Olympics crash Earlier this year, the decorated skier suffered back-to-back injuries. Vonn tore the anterior cruciate ligament , or ACL, in her left knee on Jan.
30 during a World Cup race in Switzerland. Then, on Feb. 8 at the Milan Cortina Games, she crashed about 13 seconds after starting the women’s downhill event -- one of her specialties -- on the Olympia delle Tofane slope in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Following the Olympics crash, Vonn was airlifted by helicopter from the course to an Italian hospital. She also documented her return home, flying from Italy back to the United States before being transferred by ambulance to another hospital. Stefano Rellandini/AFP via Getty Images - Lindsey Vonn inspects the slope before the second official training for the women's downhill event during Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo on February 6, 2026.