Lindsey Vonn Injury Update: Skier Announces Return from Arm Surgery

After just over two months on the shelf with a broken arm, Lindsey Vonn announced her return to competitive skiing on Jan. 11. 

As seen in the following Facebook post, Vonn revealed she underwent surgery nine weeks ago and that she suffered nerve damage in addition to breaking her humerus, but she is comfortable enough to get back on the slopes:

According to the Associated Press (h/t NBC Sports), Vonn finished 13th in her first race in 322 days, a World Cup downhill won by Austrian Christine Scheyer in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, on Sunday.

"I felt like I was skiing pretty well, just maybe not quite on the limit yet," Vonn said per the AP. "It's not really a matter of the results. It's a matter of just being happy to be racing again. Of course I had higher expectations of myself, but considering the conditions and the fact that we had a training run and the race today, I think it was pretty good."

The 32-year-old veteran has dealt with a myriad of injuries in recent years, including a knee ailment that kept her out of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Vonn bounced back to win both the super-G and downhill World Cup titles in 2015 and her eighth downhill World Cup title in 2016, although her 2016 season was cut short because of a knee fracture.

Vonn holds the all-time World Cup record with 20 overall titles, but Olympic success has largely eluded her, with just two medals to her credit from 2010 in Vancouver.

With the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, just over one year away, a strong 2017 campaign is paramount for Vonn in terms of positioning herself for some runs at gold.

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