Lindsey Vonn suffers compound tibia fracture and requires multiple surgeries

Lindsey Vonn said in an Instagram post on Monday that she suffered a compound fracture of her tibia after falling downhill on Sunday and “will require multiple surgeries to properly heal.”

Vonn raced downhill despite tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in another accident nine days earlier.

“When the line was 5 inches too tight, my right arm got caught inside the gate, causing me to twist, resulting in my crash. My ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash,” she wrote.

She added: “I have no regrets.”

“Knowing that I was standing there with a chance to win was a victory in itself. I also knew that racing was risky. Racing has always been and continues to be an incredibly dangerous sport,” she wrote.

Vonn’s father said earlier Monday that if he influenced her decisions, she would no longer race.

“She’s 41 years old and this is the end of her career,” Alan Kildow said in a phone interview with The Associated Press. “As long as I have anything to say about it, there will be no more Lindsey Vonn ski races.”

Kildow and the rest of Vonn’s family – an older brother and two sisters – are accompanying Vonn while he is being treated at a hospital in Treviso, Italy, after he was injured on Sunday and evacuated by helicopter from the Cortina d’Ampezzo course.

The hospital issued a statement late Sunday saying Vonn underwent surgery on her left leg, and the U.S. Ski Team said Vonn was in stable condition.

Vonn has no intention of returning to the Olympics to cheer on her teammates or for any other purpose, Kildow said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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