<br><div> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">24 hours after his dramatic fall in the Milan-Cortina Olympic downhill, <strong>Lindsey Vonn</strong> He said on Monday that the American skier will never compete again if he had any influence on her decision and that she will not return to the Winter Olympics. <strong>“He’s 41 and this is the end of his career,” said Alan Kildow.</strong> in a telephone interview with the Associated Press. </p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-md irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-md hidden-xs hidden-md"> </span></span></span><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><strong>“There will be no more ski races for Lindsey as long as I have anything to say about it.”</strong>said Kildow bluntly, who, along with the rest of Vonn's family - a brother and two sisters - were by the skier's side as she was being treated in a Treviso hospital following her fall and helicopter evacuation from the course in Cortina on Sunday.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-xs hidden-xs hidden-md"/></span></span><span class="content-related content-border bottom-image " data-gtm-element-container="modulo-noticias-relacionadas"> <span class="module-details"> <span class="module-supra-title"> <span>Also read</span></span> <span class="module-author ">EFE</span></span> <figure class="image-container"> <picture><source media="(min-width: 480px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/image_250_123/files/fp/uploads/2026/02/09/698983cd2721a.r_d.1381-794.jpeg" width="250" height="123"></source></picture> </figure> </span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The hospital on Sunday night released a statement saying Vonn had undergone surgery on her left leg and the U.S. Ski Team said she was in stable condition. <strong>This Monday, some media reported that Vonn was the target of two operations.</strong></p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Kildow declined to comment on the details of Vonn's injuries but did address her emotional state. <strong>"He's a very strong person. He knows physical pain and understands the circumstances he finds himself in. And he's able to handle it. Better than I expected. I think he's handling it very well."</strong>. </p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span> <figure class="composite-image image-container " data-gtm-element-container="button-gallery"> <div class="picture-wrapper"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 638px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_desktop_filter/uploads/2026/02/09/698a3500deec8.jpeg" width="544" height="418"> <source media="(min-width: 480px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_intermediate_filter/uploads/2026/02/09/698a3500deec8.jpeg" width="607" height="467"> <img data-full-src="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/uploads/2026/02/09/698a3500deec8.jpeg" alt="Lindsey Vonn posed like this with her father, Alan Kildow, last Friday, just two days before her terrible accident" width="449" height="345" src="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_mobile_filter/uploads/2026/02/09/698a3500deec8.jpeg" class="lazy"/> </source></source></picture><span class="visible-md inimage-container "><span class="ad-unit inimage"> </span></span><span class="visible-xs inimage-container "><span class="ad-unit inimage"> </span></span> </div> <figcaption class="figure-caption"> <p class="caption-title ">Lindsey Vonn posed like this with her father, Alan Kildow, last Friday, just two days before her terrible accident</p> <span class="caption-author ">SHOVEL</span> </figcaption> </figure> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Lindsey's father, Vonn's first ski teacher, said he slept in his daughter's hospital room. "She has someone with her all the time. We'll have people here while she's here." </p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Kildow and the rest of the family<strong> They saw the accident on a TV screen in the finish area along with the rest of the spectators.</strong> "First of all, the shock and horror of it all, seeing an accident like that. You're horrified by the impact that kind of impact has.</p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span> <figure class="composite-image image-container " data-gtm-element-container="button-gallery"> <div class="picture-wrapper"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 638px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_desktop_filter/uploads/2026/02/09/698a3555ec767.jpeg" width="544" height="367"> <source media="(min-width: 480px)" data-srcset="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_intermediate_filter/uploads/2026/02/09/698a3555ec767.jpeg" width="607" height="410"> <img data-full-src="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/uploads/2026/02/09/698a3555ec767.jpeg" alt="This is how Lindsey Vonn was evacuated after the accident" width="449" height="303" src="https://www.mundodeportivo.com/files/content_image_mobile_filter/uploads/2026/02/09/698a3555ec767.jpeg" class="lazy"/> </source></source></picture><span class="visible-md inimage-container "><span class="ad-unit inimage"> </span></span><span class="visible-xs inimage-container "><span class="ad-unit inimage"> </span></span> </div> <figcaption class="figure-caption"> <p class="caption-title ">This is how Lindsey Vonn was evacuated after the accident</p> <span class="caption-author ">SHOVEL</span> </figcaption> </figure> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Vonn ran the fall despite tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee just nine days earlier in another accident.<strong> "What happened to him has nothing to do with the ACL in his left leg. Nothing," Kildow said.</strong>. “He showed that he was capable of performing at a very high level in both downhill training sessions. <strong>And she was cleared by top doctors to ski."</strong>. Kildow said the crash was due less to Vonn's knee injury and more to the way she overstepped the limits of her racing line to the point where she hit a gate early in the race and lost control. </p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Vonn, who holds a record 12 World Cup victories in Cortina, returned to the tour last season after nearly six years of retirement and following partial titanium replacement surgery on her right knee. 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