2026年2月15日 / 美国东部时间上午11:18 / CBS/美联社
美国滑雪队负责人周日告诉美联社，林赛·沃恩（Lindsey Vonn）正准备返回美国。这位滑雪冠军在上周末的女子奥运速降比赛中摔倒后，正准备飞往家乡接受进一步治疗。
美国滑雪和单板滑雪协会主席兼首席执行官索菲·戈德施密特（Sophie Goldschmidt）向美联社表示，自米兰-科尔蒂纳冬奥会期间发生撞车事故并随后由直升机撤离以来，团队的医疗人员一直在协调沃恩的康复工作，并将尽力陪同她回国。沃恩在意大利已接受多次手术，治疗左腿复杂的胫骨骨折伤。
“我们目前正在处理所有这些事情，”戈德施密特说。”我们有一个很棒的团队在帮助她，她将回到美国进行进一步手术。”
观众本以为沃恩将在41岁时，带着左膝前交叉韧带撕裂和右膝部分钛合金置换的情况下，尝试争夺奖牌。然而，这位美国名将在比赛开始13秒时被门柱勾住，导致她在空中旋转后坠山，现场观众一片哗然。
“撞击发生时，现场一片寂静，每个人都震惊了。你能看出这是非常严重的伤势，”戈德施密特出席了此次摔倒事件并说道。”进行各种高山滑雪运动都有很大危险，但这也让人们更能体会到这些运动员有多超人一等。
“我的意思是，将自己的身体置于险境，以那样的速度滑行，这需要极大的体能。有时，实际上在转播中很难完全传达这种感受，”戈德施密特补充道。”危险有时会吸引更多观众，确实很迷人。但我们当然希望不会有这样的伤病，但不幸的是，这也是我们这项运动的一部分。”
林赛·沃恩在2026年2月8日（周日）的女子速降滑雪比赛中摔倒。 Jacquelyn Martin / 美联社
沃恩周五表示，她预计将为腿部受伤再接受一次手术，定于周六进行。在社交媒体分享的视频中，沃恩告诉粉丝，如果手术顺利，她可能在手术后返回美国。截至那时，她在摔倒后已经接受了三次手术。
但沃恩对参加2026年奥运会滑雪比赛毫无悔意。
“当我回想起这次摔倒，我站在起跑门时并非不知道潜在后果，”沃恩周六晚些时候在Instagram帖子中表示。”我清楚自己在做什么。我选择了冒险。起跑门后的每个滑雪者都承担了同样的风险。因为即使你是世界上最强壮的人，大山总是掌握着主动权。
“但仅仅因为我做好了准备，并不意味着就能保证成功。生活中没有什么是有保障的。这就是追逐梦想的赌注，你可能会跌倒，但如果你不尝试，你永远不会知道结果，”沃恩补充道。
戈德施密特两次前往医院探望沃恩，并表示：”她现在不疼，情况稳定。”
“她采取了激进的滑行路线，全力以赴，这离另一种完全不同的结局只有几英寸的距离，”戈德施密特说。”但她为我们的运动以及整个体育界所做的贡献，她作为榜样的作用，已经达到了一个全新的高度。在这些艰难时刻，你往往比他们获胜时更能了解一个人的真实面目。”
“她为我们的运动和整个体育事业所做的贡献，作为榜样的影响力，已经达到了全新高度。在艰难时刻，你往往比在获胜时更能了解一个人的真实品质。”
Lindsey Vonn is preparing to leave Italy one week after Winter Olympics crash, says U.S. Ski Team chief
February 15, 2026 / 11:18 AM EST / CBS/AP
Lindsey Vonn is preparing to return to the United States, the U.S. Ski Team’s chief told The Associated Press on Sunday, saying the champion skier was getting ready to fly back home for further treatment after wiping out in the women’s Olympic downhill competition last weekend.
Sophie Goldschmidt, president and CEO of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, told the AP the team’s medical staff has been coordinating Vonn’s recovery since the crash and subsequent helicopter evacuation at the Milan Cortina Games and would try to accompany her home. Vonn has had multiple surgeries in Italy to repair a complex tibia fracture in her left leg.
“We’re working through all of that at the moment,” Goldschmidt said. “We’ve got a great team around helping her and she’ll go back to the U.S. for further surgeries.”
Spectators tuning in to see Vonn attempt to win a medal at age 41 with a torn ACL in her left knee and a partial titanium replacement in her right knee were thrown into shock when the American standout got hooked on a gate 13 seconds into her run — resulting in a spinning, air-born crash that sent her careening down the Dolomite mountain.
“The impact, the silence, everyone was just in shock. And you could tell it was a really nasty injury,” said Goldschmidt, who was in attendance for the fall. “There’s a lot of danger in doing all sorts of Alpine sports but it gives more of an appreciation for how superhuman these athletes are.
“I mean, putting your body on the line, going at those speeds, the physicality. Sometimes, actually on the broadcast, it’s really hard to get that across,” Goldschmidt added. “Danger sometimes brings fans in and is pretty captivating. We obviously hope we won’t have injuries like that but it is unfortunately part and parcel of our sports.”
Lindsey Vonn crashes during the women’s downhill skiing race at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. Jacquelyn Martin / AP
Vonn said on Friday that she was expecting to have another surgery for the leg injury, which was slated to happen on Saturday. In a video shared to social media, Vonn told her followers that she could potentially return to the U.S. after that surgery if it went well. At that point, she had already undergone three surgeries since her crash.
But Vonn has no regrets about skiing in the 2026 Olympics.
“When I think back on my crash, I didn’t stand in the starting gate unaware of the potential consequences,” Vonn said in an Instagram post late Saturday. “I knew what I was doing. I chose to take a risk. Every skier in that starting gate took the same risk. Because even if you are the strongest person in the world, the mountain always holds the cards.
“But just because I was ready, that didn’t guarantee me anything. Nothing in life is guaranteed. That’s the gamble of chasing your dreams, you might fall but if you don’t try you’ll never know,” Vonn added.
Goldschmidt visited Vonn at the hospital twice and said, “She’s not in pain. She’s in a stable condition.”
“She took an aggressive line and was all in and it was inches off what could have ended up a very different way,” Goldschmidt said. “But what she’s done for our sports and the sport in general, her being a role model, has gone to a whole new level. You learn often more about people during these tough moments than when they’re winning.”
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