'I’ve been bruised and broken,' Lindsey Vonn NOT looking forward to 20 years in future as Olympian battles unceasing pain due to multiple surgeries

Lindsey Vonn further says that even though she loves skiing, the risk was far too great to handle. “I also want a future…that’s exactly how I felt and still feel,” she said. The 39-year-old blew her right knee twice, tore her ACL twice, and suffered from terrible meniscus damage, as well as fractured tibial plateau among other injuries.

I am in pain all the time…This is life now…I don’t really know what my options are at this point but I’m hoping someone comes up with something. Lindsey Vonn on X.

“It’s unreal pain,” Lindsey Vonn on injuries, surgeries, and future medical procedures

Lindsey Vonn admits that during her skiing career, she never thought about the implications and ever-lasting impact her injuries would bring to her future. She talks about her knee replacement surgery and how she’ll need further partial knee replacement surgeries in the 10 and many more years to come.

“It’s bone-to-bone right now and if I’m not strong enough then it’s unreal pain,” Vonn noted. She says it’s only one knee she’s talking about but she’s injured all over her body “many joints and injuries” that she’s not looking forward to the future. “I’ve been bruised and broken,” she said while reflecting on her career.

During her career, she received several accolades but they “outweigh the reward.” She became the first American woman to win a gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics and in her last race, she won a bronze medal and retired in 2019. Ski racing legend Ingemar Stenmark greeted her with a bouquet during her last race.