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Lindsey Vonn announced on Instagram that she’s currently taking it day by day in hopes of making a return to competitive ski racing. As of late, she’s been been in a lot of pain due to an impact injury to her peroneal nerve. It most likely came from the final jump on the first training run in Cortina.
Even though they’ve identified the injury, they haven’t been able to fix it. As a result, Lindsey won’t be able to compete in tomorrow’s downhill training run. She remains hopeful that she’ll be able to make a return to competitive ski racing, as it’s a ‘new’ injury.
Message From Lindsey Vonn On Instagram:
After a lot of physical therapy and time to clearly think things through, we have come to some conclusions about my knee. First, we discovered the reason I had so much pain and muscle shut down in Cortina was due to an impact injury to my peroneal nerve. This most likely came from the final jump on the first training run in Cortina, but it’s hard to know for sure. After that training run, the pain got progressively worse each day and by Sunday my lower leg was in a lot of pain and my muscles had completely shut down. Now that we know the problem the next issue is fixing it. So far we haven’t found a solution and as a result I will not be able to compete in tomorrow’s downhill training run. However, since this is a new “injury” per say, I remain hopeful that we can fix it. I’m taking things day by day and we will see what happens. I know that I might not get the ending to my career that I had hoped for, but if there is a chance, I will take it. Thanks for all of the support you have shown me, it helps keep me going. ❤️🙏🏻
