Olympic alpine skiing champion Lindsey Vonn posted images and video of her final gym sessions before undergoing another surgery, captioning the update “Last lifting sessions before surgery… LFG 💪.”
The 42-year-old athlete, who has a long-standing partnership with Under Armour, shared the training footage on Instagram showing her performing barbell squats and other lifts in a gym. The post comes days after she attended the LACMA Art+Film Gala in a sequined Gucci gown and noted on social media that the evening marked her last time wearing heels “for a while.”
Vonn’s latest procedure—her ninth since a February 2026 crash at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics—addresses remaining hardware and ligament damage from a complex tibia fracture. She had already torn her ACL in a World Cup race the week before the Games and then suffered the more severe leg injury in the downhill. Recovery has involved multiple operations and extensive physical therapy; she has said she expects another six to nine months of rehab after this surgery while remaining open about not fully closing the door on a return to competition.
The Minnesota-born skier is one of the most decorated athletes in alpine history. She was the first American woman to win Olympic downhill gold (Vancouver 2010), added bronzes in the super-G that year and the downhill in PyeongChang 2018, and amassed a record 82 World Cup victories before her initial retirement in 2019. After a partial knee replacement, she returned in late 2024 and continued competing into the 2025–26 season.
Vonn has consistently documented her recovery publicly, mixing training updates with appearances on the red carpet and at events. Her latest posts underscore both the physical demands of rehabilitation and the mindset she has described throughout her career of treating each setback as another starting line.
