The next day, the 41-year-old—who was competing with a torn ACL following an injury the week prior—confirmed on Instagram that she sustained a “complex tibia fracture” but emphasized that the cause of her crash had nothing to do with her physical health.
“I was simply 5 inches too tight on my line when my right arm hooked inside of the gate, twisting me and resulted in my crash,” Lindsey explained. “My ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever.”
Though her leg was “currently stable,” she noted that it would “require multiple surgeries to fix properly.” And despite the fact Lindsey’s Olympic dream “did not finish the way I dreamt it would,” the athlete said she’s glad that she “dared to dream.”
“While yesterday did not end the way I had hoped, and despite the intense physical pain it caused, I have no regrets,” she wrote. “Standing in the starting gate yesterday was an incredible feeling that I will never forget. Knowing I stood there having a chance to win was a victory in and of itself.”
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