CORTINA d'AMPEZZO ― Lindsey Vonn is able to do things with a busted knee that regular people can't when fully healthy.
The 41-year-old posted a video of herself Thursday, Feb. 5 doing squats, side lunges, lifting weights, jumping and kicking her feet against a stability ball. The only sign of the torn ACL, bone bruise and meniscus damage in her left knee is the brace she's wearing.
"I’m not giving up," Vonn said in the Instagram post, "working as hard as I can to make it happen!"
Vonn is still planning to ski at the Milano Cortina Games despite her knee injury, which she suffered Friday, Jan. 30, in a crash during the final downhill before the Olympics. She said Tuesday, Feb. 3, her knee is stable, and she was able to try skiing that day.
The true test will come during the official training runs, when she'll see how her knee responds under high speeds and to turns and landings of jumps. The first training run, scheduled for Thursday, was canceled because of heavy snow in Cortina, but there are additional training runs Friday and Saturday.
