"Lindsey Vonn needed to use a crutch to get around over the weekend. Now she's performing box jumps, working out in a pool while wearing a weighted vest and skiing at high speed. No wonder the 41-year-old American is so optimistic that she can compete in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics downhill on Sunday despite a ruptured ACL in her left knee."
"Vonn's team of two physical therapists Lindsay Winninger and Andi Mitterfellner and fitness trainer Peter Meliessnig have been working overtime with her. She's been doing box jumps, she's trying everything out, loads and stresses and things like that to just see where she's at and see how she feels and she's pulled up great from everything, Knight said. No swelling, no pain."
"Vonn said on Tuesday that surgery hasn't been discussed. It's not really on my radar screen right now. The Olympics are the only thing that I'm thinking about, she said. Every day my knee's gotten better. And every day we're discussing with a full medical team, doctors, physios, everyone, to make sure we're doing everything to make sure I am making smart and safe decisions."
Lindsey Vonn has a ruptured ACL in her left knee but is undergoing intensive rehabilitation and high-impact training to attempt the Milan Cortina Olympic downhill on Sunday. Her regimen includes box jumps, weighted-vest pool workouts, and high-speed skiing under supervision of two physical therapists, Lindsay Winninger and Andi Mitterfellner, and fitness trainer Peter Meliessnig. Head coach Chris Knight is confident she can compete and notes no swelling or pain. Vonn also has bone bruising and meniscal damage in the left knee, with uncertainty about its timing. A 2024 partial titanium replacement is in her right knee, and surgery is not currently being considered.
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