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\t\t<\/p>\n Lindsey Vonn<\/strong><\/a> is hitting back.<\/p>\n During a race last month, the 41-year-old skier tore the ACL in her knee<\/a>, but she still plans on competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n Ahead of her event on Sunday (February 8), a sports medicine doctor from Missouri took to X<\/a> to question Lindsey<\/strong>\u2018s injury.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u201cWhat she is doing now would not be nearly as surprising in an elite athlete whose knee was already functioning like the ACL was torn at baseline,\u201d Brian Sutterer<\/strong> wrote. \u201cWhen you hear stories about \u2018so and so played for years on a torn ACL\u2019, that\u2019s chronic, meaning the body has time to adapt and retrain muscles to support the knee.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued, \u201cAlso, someone who had a prior tear\/surgery may not be as swollen and painful with a repeat injury. Bottom line, I don\u2019t think this was a bread and butter, fresh ACL tear like everyone is thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n Lindsey<\/strong> caught wind of the doctor doubting her injury and decided to clap back.<\/p>\n \u201clol thanks doc. My ACL was fully functioning until last Friday,\u201d she wrote. \u201cJust because it seems impossible to you doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not possible. And yes, my ACL is 100% ruptured. Not 80% or 50%. It\u2019s 100% gone.\u201d<\/p>\n Sutterer <\/strong>responded to Lindsey<\/strong>\u2018s comments by doubling down.<\/p>\n \u201cAny prior ACL injuries in that knee? If so, the knee can absolutely learn to compensate in a very functional way,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019m not trying to minimize your accomplishment, it\u2019s insanely impressive. As a sports medicine doctor who takes care of high level athletes and every day folks, there is some nuance in how quickly people can function after an ACL tear and that\u2019s what im curious about as we communicate stories like this to the public. Best of luck, I truly am rooting for you.\u201d<\/p>\n IndyCar driver Alexander Rossi <\/strong>chimed into the conversation and supported Lindsey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone trying to find reasons why you\u2019re doing what they said couldn\u2019t be done,\u201d Alexander<\/strong> wrote, to which Lindsey<\/strong> responded, \u201cFacts.\u201d<\/p>\n In the leadup to the 2026 Winter Olympics<\/em>, there was a salacious new scandal emerging in the news that\u2019s been dubbed \u201cPenisgate.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n