Lindsey Vonn's Tough Comeback: A New Surgery Looms

0:00It's April 30th, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Global News Today, World News powered by AI. Lindsay Vaughn, the 41-year-old skiing legend, crashed hard in a downhill race on February 8th, suffering a nasty left leg fracture that almost cost her the limb. She's already gone through eight surgeries and faces at least one more to fix a torn ACL in that knee. Right now, she's telling the Associated Press she's not emotionally ready to decide is she'll race again. The crash cut short a killer comeback season where she led the World Cup downhill standings and never finished worse than fourth. Maughn had come out of a six-year retirement, mainly to hit her favorite course in Cortina, Italy, and she was dominating until just 13 seconds in. Fans and family are reeling from the shock, especially since Vaughn's bounced back from tons of injuries before, including a titanium rod in her right knee. But this pain hit different way more brutal than anything prior. Her dad even said from the hospital her career is done if it's up to him, but you know

1:02her, tell Lindsay she can, and she'll prove you wrong. She's making steady gains, ditching the wheelchair for crutches, she hates both, and starts short walks next week. She's even jetting to New York for work, imploding a vacation. But full recovery means another surgery soon, then six months rehab, pushing any. We're turn to at least the 27-28 season. Vaughn owns the risks of downhill. One of the world's gnarliest sports and has zero regrets about pushing limits. She's in survival mode, taking stock of her epic run 84 World Cup wins, second only to Michaela Schifrin, and won't rush a call that'll stick. And she's clear-headed.