Lindsey Vonn undergoes double leg surgery.
The American athlete, who fell during the downhill at the Games, underwent a delicate operation at the Treviso hospital.Per restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
Lindsey Vonn underwent double leg surgery with a joint team of orthopedic and plastic surgeons. She was admitted to Treviso hospital yesterday after a terrible fall just seconds before the start of the downhill race at the Milan-Cortina Games.
According to US media reports, the American champion would have needed surgery to "prevent complications related to swelling and blood circulation."
The American skier's personal doctor was present at the operation, "but he only assisted, while the Italian surgeons guided the procedures."
The hospital had spoken of an operation to stabilize the left leg, without mentioning a second procedure.
Vonn's participation in the Games, having arrived in Cortina with a torn cruciate ligament in her left knee following a fall at the end of January during the World Cup stage in Crans Montana , had already sparked debate about the appropriateness of an athlete, even one as experienced as the American, taking such a risk.
International Ski Federation President Johan Eliasch said the athlete had made her own decision: "It was a decision that only she could make, as she knows her injuries better than anyone else."
An accident—it is emphasized—"incredibly unfortunate. It was a one-in-a-thousand case. She got too close to the gate, got stuck in mid-air, and started spinning."
(Unioneonline)