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Vonn not emotionally ready to decide on future
Key takeaways
- For now, the tough decisions about the future can wait.
- She has undergone eight surgeries after suffering a complex left leg fracture -- one that nearly led to a leg amputation -- in the women's downhill skiing race on Feb. 8.
- So if Vonn, 41, races again -- and she's not ready to make that decision -- a return is at least a year and a half away, she told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday.
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For now, the tough decisions about the future can wait.
She has undergone eight surgeries after suffering a complex left leg fracture -- one that nearly led to a leg amputation -- in the women's downhill skiing race on Feb. 8. She needs at least one more to repair a torn ACL in that same knee.
So if Vonn, 41, races again -- and she's not ready to make that decision -- a return is at least a year and a half away, she told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday.
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