“Haven’t stood on my feet in over a week…been immobile in a hospital bed since my race,” she wrote in a post on X. They washed her hair and massaged her cheeks and her good right leg and essentially made her look like Lindsey Vonn again, or something like that. Vonn had come out of retirement in 2024 to attempt a comeback after having a successful partial right knee replacement surgery. That’s what unfolded in the downhill race in what was supposed to be the culmination of her comeback. Later Tuesday, Vonn posted video of what was hardly a routine trip back to the U.S.

Source: International New York Times February 18, 2026 13:21 UTC