Nearly Ten Months after Her Milan Olympic Crash, Lindsey Vonn Undergoes Ninth Surgery to Remove Plates and Screws

American skiing star Lindsey Vonn's recovery is still very much ongoing. Nearly ten months after she sustained brutal injuries in a crash at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, she has gone in for surgery for the ninth time.

The 42-year-old five-time Olympian informed her followers on social media that she had gone in for the surgery. In the video she said this would be her ninth surgery.

She also explained why she recorded the video beforehand. Vonn said she was getting pretty nervous about it, and that on the day itself she would be focused and rested and trying to get through it.

The reason for this surgery was to remove hardware installed during previous procedures. Vonn said all of the plates and screws were being removed to make room for a new ACL.

She explained that she still does not have an ACL, because with all the plates in place it could not be put in.

Back in February, Vonn was competing on a torn ACL in her left leg that she had injured just before the start of the Games. She tried to compete in the Olympics, but crashed in the women's downhill event and severely injured the same leg.

Vonn said she had been waiting all these nine months so her bones could heal and the ACL could be fixed, and that her bones have healed, which she called great news.

Once she has that fresh ACL, however, she still has a long road ahead of her. By her account, the ACL will mean another six to nine months.

After the procedure, Vonn posted on her Instagram story that the surgery went well.

In that story she also showed the hardware that used to be in her left leg, captioned to say she had got all of it out of her leg.