The 41-year-old says she will now focus on “rehab and progressing from a wheelchair to crutches in a few weeks”.

Vonn clipped a gate and crashed just seconds into her run, with a helicopter airlifting her off the mountain. She underwent surgery for a broken leg.

Vonn, skiing with a ruptured ACL, crashed out early in the women’s downhill and had to be airlifted to hospital.

The American superstar clipped a gate and somersaulted off the course, leading to an extended delay as she was tended by a team of medics.