Lindsey Vonn cannot say what her future might maintain, however she answered positively whether or not or not she’s “entertaining” an try at one other comeback.
The snowboarding legend nearly had her leg amputated after she fractured her tibia while competing within the downhill on the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in February, simply 9 says day after she tore her ACL in a World Cup crash.
Speaking with TODAY’s Craig Melvin in an interview that aired on TODAY April 7, Vonn addressed whether or not she’ll transfer on from the game.
“I can move on,” she mentioned. “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.”
“I think it leaves a door slightly open to, I don’t know, maybe I would do one more race to say goodbye or maybe I’ll race again,” she said. “It is likely to be enjoyable to do another run. We’ll see.”
The three-time Olympic medalist, who initially retired in 2019 on account of accidents earlier than mounting a comeback in 2024, mentioned her Olympics crash stored her from formally leaving the game.
“So you’re entertaining the idea of maybe another comeback?” Craig requested.
“I mean, much to my family’s dismay, yes,” she said. “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.”
“Like, I’m still kind of trapped in this, like, I didn’t have my Olympic dream situation … I need to walk and be out in public and, you know, be living life. And I think that will give me a different perspective,” she added. “Right now I can’t say what the future holds because I can’t — my mind can’t get there yet.”
Vonn, who suffered a complex tibia fracture and compartment syndrome, is currently undergoing extensive physical therapy. She told Craig her daily routine involves two hours of therapy, two hours in a hyperbaric chamber, time in the gym and more.
“Every day?” Craig requested.
“On repeat,” Vonn said. “Every day.”
