The skier’s crash at the Milan Cortina Olympics left her with a complex tibia fracture and a rare complication that required ...

Lindsey Vonn revealed she nearly had to have her left leg amputated after a brutal crash 13 seconds into her Winter Olympics downhill run.

Vonn gives the full details on her injury, which included multiple fractures and a fasciotomy.

The U.S. Olympian said trauma to her fractured left leg led to compartment syndrome, which could have caused her to lose the limb.