Patriots star weighs in on Lindsey Vonn skiing through ACL tear at 2026 Olympics

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Patriots star weighs in on Lindsey Vonn skiing through ACL tear at 2026 Olympics

Chris Mason · MassLive

Wed, Feb 4, 2026 ·

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SAN FRANCISCO — After tearing her ACL last week, Lindsey Vonn is still planning to compete in the downhill event at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

This is set to be the final Olympic appearance for the 41-year-old American skier, and Vonn doesn’t want the major knee injury to keep her off the slopes.

Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs tore his ACL in 2024 and bounced back to have a 1000-yard season the following year. At Super Bowl week in Santa Clara, the star wideout was asked what he thought of Vonn trying to ski through the injury.

“Prayers to her, number one. I hope her surgery, when she does get it, goes successful,” Diggs said. “It’s crazy that anybody who has torn their ACL, they know like a week or a couple days maybe sometimes, people can run. People can do whatever they need to do once they get the swelling out. So, it’s kind of a weird injury.

“As long as you’re not cutting and (decelerating), I think she should be fine. If she’s at the Olympics, she’s obviously an amazing athlete. Shout out to her, her mental toughness and whatever she’s going through. Hopefully she can go out there, give it her best. As long as she doesn’t have to stop and decel, I think she’ll be all right. Fingers crossed, prayers to her and hope it goes well.”

As of Wednesday, Vonn said her knee wasn’t swollen according to USA Today, but she still needs to see how it reacts to training runs.

“I am confident that I can compete on Sunday,” Vonn said in Milan. “I’m still here. I think I’m still able to fight. I think I’m still able to try. And I will try as long as I have the ability to, I will not go home regretting not trying. I will do everything in my power to be in that starting gate.”

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