Lindsey Vonn’s right arm snagged a bright, neon-red slalom gate on Sunday, snapping the Alpine skier into a violent tumble during the Olympic downhill final. The Olympian underwent two surgeries to treat a fracture of the lower leg.

The Olympian sustained a complex tibia fracture during the women's downhill.

The 41-year-old star said her torn ACL was not a factor in her crash. "While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets," she wrote.

Lindsey Vonn, the 41-year-old American alpine skier and former Olympic champion, suffered a complex tibia fracture during the downhill event at Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday. Vonn crashed after racing despite having torn her left ACL just nine days earlier.

Lindsey Vonn could return to elite ski racing within a year after her displaced tibia fracture, orthopaedic specialists say, but age and mental resilience will play a key role in whether the former Olympic champion can come back at the highest level.

The 41-year-old American, who has been receiving hospital treatment in Treviso since Sunday's high-speed crash during the Milano Cortina Olympics downhill, confirmed via an Instagram post that she had sustained a "complex tibia fracture" and would require "multiple surgeries" for repair.

Amid the elation and euphoria of England’s women winning a second consecutive European Championship on Sunday, their right-back Lucy Bronze revealed on camera that she had played all six matches of the tournament with a fractured tibia in her left leg.