Despite adevastating crashat the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics thatfractured her tibiaandnearly forced doctors to amputate her leg, Lindsey Vonn is still contemplating a return to competitive skiing.
"I mean, much to my family’s dismay, yes," the 41-year-oldVonn said in a Tuesday, April 7 interview on NBC's "Today"show. "I think it’s just something that – I mean, I’ve been, like I said, so isolated and not able to really live life outside of skiing."
Vonn was competing at the Winter Olympics just nine days after she tore her ACL in the same left leg during a World Cup event. However, the crash camewhen she hooked a gatein the women's downhill and was unrelated to her knee injury.
Lindsey Vonn supporters react after Vonn's crash during the women's downhill race at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Feb. 8, 2026.
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Vonn, a three-time Olympic medalist, previously retired from skiing in 2019 due to injuries. But she returned to the sport in 2024 and was back in top form, leading the World Cup standings in the downhill heading into the Olympics.
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Vonn said she's currently undergoing extensive physical therapy, even though she isn't sure whether or not she'll ever ski again.
"I can move on," Vonn said. "I mean, it’s not a question of can I. I already have, you know? And I already retired for six years. Like, I know what it’s like to not be a ski racer anymore. It’s just that ski racing is something I love to do. And I had so much fun this season that – and I never got to – I never got a final run."
Lindsey Vonn of Team United States in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Downhill on Dec. 20, 2025 in Val d'Isere, France.
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Austria's Cornelia Huetter, second-placed Germany's Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and third-placed US Lindsey Vonn celebrate with champagne on the podium after competing in the women's downhill race part of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2025-2026, in Val d'Isere, south western France, on Dec. 20, 2025.
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Lindsey Vonn of Team United States (second), Lara Gut-Behrami of Team Switzerland (first), and Federica Brignone of Team Italy (third) celebrate after competing in the women's Super-G during the STIFEL FIS World Cup Finals at Sun Valley Resort on March 23, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.
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Lindsey Vonn of the United States inspects the course before women's downhill training for 2025 FIS Ski World Cup finals at Sun Valley on March 21, 2025.
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Lindsey Vonn attends the Balenciaga Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week at Les Invalides on March 9, 2025 in Paris, France.
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Lindsey Vonn and Bronze medalist Lauren Macuga of Team United States pose for a photo after the awards ceremony for the Women's Super G during the Audi FIS Alpine World Ski Championships at Zwšlferkogel on Feb. 6, 2025 in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.
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Lindsey Vonn heads for 5th-career Winter Olympic Games looking for gold
Lindsey Vonn of Team United States in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Downhill on Dec. 20, 2025 in Val d'Isere, France.
Despite her long list of career accomplishments − which include a record 82 World Cup race wins, 20 World Cup titles, eight World Championship medals and three Olympic medals − Vonn still admits being insecure about how she'll be remembered because of what happened on the slopes at Cortina.
"I don’t want that to be my legacy at all, because I was having such an amazing season doing things that no one else has ever done. And I was so proud of that," she said. "I don’t want that to be washed away. You know? I don’t want 13 seconds to define my career because it’s so much more than that."
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Lindsey Vonn considering comeback to skiing after Olympic crash