Vonn to have surgery next week after horror crash
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February 7, 2013, Thursday
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AMERICAN skier Lindsey Vonn will head home for surgery next week after tearing two ligaments in her right knee and breaking a bone in her lower leg in a crash at the world championships.
United States Ski Team physician William Sterett was with Vonn on the snow after the crash on Tuesday, then at a Schladming hospital where she was airlifted to. "She'll be heading back to Vail (Colorado) and I will be doing surgery on her knee early next week," Sterett said yesterday.
Vonn was released from the hospital late on Tuesday and returned to the team hotel.
"Lindsey is doing well. I just finished seeing her," said Sterett, who has been treating Vonn since she was a child. "She's in good spirits."
Vonn tore her anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in her right knee. The broken bone was described as a "lateral tibial plateau fracture."
Sterett would not set a return date to skiing for Vonn until after the surgery.
Other doctors have speculated that Vonn could be looking at six to eight months before she's back on skis.
The team said the four-time overall champion will be back for the next World Cup season and will compete at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
The harrowing accident came after Vonn landed off a jump in the opening race at the championships, the super-G. As she hit the ground, her right leg gave way and she spun down face first, throwing an arm out to protect herself. She ended up on her back as she smashed through a gate.
Due to intense media attention, Sterett would not say when Vonn will leave Schladming.
United States Ski Team physician William Sterett was with Vonn on the snow after the crash on Tuesday, then at a Schladming hospital where she was airlifted to. "She'll be heading back to Vail (Colorado) and I will be doing surgery on her knee early next week," Sterett said yesterday.
Vonn was released from the hospital late on Tuesday and returned to the team hotel.
"Lindsey is doing well. I just finished seeing her," said Sterett, who has been treating Vonn since she was a child. "She's in good spirits."
Vonn tore her anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in her right knee. The broken bone was described as a "lateral tibial plateau fracture."
Sterett would not set a return date to skiing for Vonn until after the surgery.
Other doctors have speculated that Vonn could be looking at six to eight months before she's back on skis.
The team said the four-time overall champion will be back for the next World Cup season and will compete at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
The harrowing accident came after Vonn landed off a jump in the opening race at the championships, the super-G. As she hit the ground, her right leg gave way and she spun down face first, throwing an arm out to protect herself. She ended up on her back as she smashed through a gate.
Due to intense media attention, Sterett would not say when Vonn will leave Schladming.
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