Amid her restoration, the athlete shared her reflections on her ill-fated race, making it clear she was clear-eyed in regards to the dangers concerned in her sport.
“Once I assume again on my crash, I didn’t stand within the beginning gate unaware of the potential penalties,” she wrote on Instagram Feb. 14. “I knew what I used to be doing. I selected to take a threat. Each skier in that beginning gate took the identical threat. As a result of even if you’re the strongest particular person on the earth, the mountain all the time holds the playing cards.”
And with that understanding, Lindsey urged her helps to not “really feel unhappy” about how her Olympic race unfolded.
“The journey was definitely worth the fall,” she continued. “Once I shut my eyes at night time I don’t have regrets and the love I’ve for snowboarding stays. I’m nonetheless wanting ahead to the second once I can stand on the highest of the mountain as soon as extra. And I’ll.”