Lindsey Vonn shows off her surgery bandages in high-slit dress on the cover of Vanity Fair

Lindsey Vonn is putting nan “cover” successful recovery.

The Alpine skiing legend, 41, landed nan latest cover of Vanity Fair conscionable weeks aft a devastating crash astatine nan 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics astir costs her her near leg. Shot by photographer Quil Lemons astatine her location successful Park City, Utah, Vonn posed successful a achromatic dress slit precocious up her thigh, putting her bandaged limb beforehand and center.

For nan cover, Vonn wore a Mônot high slit T-neck gown ($1,295) and a Rolex watch. Inside, she slipped into a likewise leg-baring dress, this clip a halter style by Akris.

Vonn was conscionable 13 seconds into her downhill tally connected Feb. 8 erstwhile her limb caught a gate, sending her hurtling down nan people and shattering her tibia, fibula and ankle. She was airlifted disconnected nan upland by chopper arsenic nan world watched.

The injuries were truthful terrible that Vonn nearly mislaid her near leg to compartment syndrome, a vulnerable information wherever unit builds successful nan limb and cuts disconnected humor flow. Her expert performed emergency room successful nan mediate of nan nighttime astatine a infirmary successful Treviso, Italy, to prevention nan limb.

“I was number 1 successful nan world, and perchance connected my measurement to an Olympic medal,” Vonn told Vanity Fair. “Now I’m successful a wheelchair.”

Vonn underwent aggregate surgeries connected her shattered limb earlier returning location successful early March. She now spends her days successful beingness therapy and regular hyperbaric enclosure sessions.

In an accompanying video for nan magazine, Vonn publication messages of support from nan likes of Prince William, Cristiano Ronaldo and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A missive from nan Prince of Wales praised Vonn’s courageousness and resilience. “I didn’t expect that Prince William was watching me, fto unsocial took nan clip to constitute maine a letter,” Vonn said pinch a laugh, adding that she offered to return him and his family skiing — “maybe successful a while, but astatine immoderate point.”

The three-time Olympic medalist had travel retired of status successful November 2024 astatine 40 years aged — becoming nan oldest World Cup downhill victor successful history — and was first successful nan downhill standings heading into nan Games. She raced astatine Cortina contempt tearing her ACL conscionable 9 days earlier astatine a World Cup arena successful Crans-Montana, Switzerland.

“I don’t want group to bent connected this clang and beryllium remembered for that,” Vonn told nan magazine. “What I did earlier nan Olympics has ne'er been done before.”