'Shocked' leg amputation crisis → 5 consecutive major surgeries → Already in just a month? Resilience of the World's Surprised" Painful..."

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The whole world is surprised. Ski legend Lindsey Vonn (41, USA), who was pushed to the extreme of a leg amputation crisis, is making a miraculous recovery.

British media 'Daily Mail' reported on the 14th (Korea Standard Time) that "Lindsey Vonn, who was on the verge of leg amputation, proved remarkable resilience by pedaling an indoor bicycle just weeks after his injury."

According to the media, Bonn released a video of him rehabilitating at the gym through his personal social network service (SNS). After completing a leg rehabilitation exercise with a trainer with a painful expression in the video, Bonn climbed on a bicycle and slowly pedaled. Vaughan said, "I'm finally riding my bike. We are moving forward little by little, starting five minutes a day," he said.

The reason why this recovery is called a miracle is that the degree of injury was beyond imagination. Bonn, who sought his second gold medal at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics in February, pushed ahead with his participation even though he suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament just before the competition.

But Bonn's challenge led to tragedy. In the final round of the downhill on the main stage of the last Olympics, he suffered a tragic accident in which he crashed just 13 seconds into the game.

At that time, Bonn suffered a fatal injury called a composite tibia fracture. According to the British 'BBC', he was in pain screaming at the scene and was eventually rushed to a helicopter.

According to the Daily Mail and others, the level of injury was serious enough to consider leg amputation. Vaughan has endured a total of five major surgeries, four in Italy and one after returning to the U.S. In particular, the fifth surgery, which took place recently, reportedly took more than six hours to cover the skin and reconstruct the legs to prevent infection.

But Vaughan's mental strength was still strong. After the surgery, he jokingly showed his fighting spirit, saying, "I'm a bionic now," with dozens of metal screws embedded in his legs. Bon's body had already been completely paralyzed by inserting a titanium prosthesis during reconstructive surgery on his right knee in 2024. The accident was even more fatal for Bon, who came back from a five-year retirement and won the World Cup.

Some criticized Bonn as a "selfish decision" because he hid his injury and did not return his qualification. However, Vaughan refuted, saying, "I won the right to participate with my ability," and added, "I have no regrets even if I close my eyes at night. I will stand at the top of the mountain again someday," he stressed.

The Daily Mail cited her mother, Lindy, who died of Lou Gehrig's disease in 2021 as the reason why Bon is so devoted to rehabilitation. It is known that the mother suffered a stroke at the time of giving birth to her mother and had limped her entire life. On this International Women's Day, Bonn honored her mother and said, "I will definitely overcome the painful rehabilitation process."

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