tibia

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Vonn suffered a complex tibia fracture and other major damage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

“Basically, I had a complex tibia fracture. I also fractured my fibular head, my tibial plateau — just kind of everything was in pieces,” she said.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

She was airlifted off the piste and diagnosed with a complex tibia fracture in her left leg.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

US ski star Lindsey Vonn said on Monday she had suffered a "complex tibia fracture" when she crashed in the Winter Olympics downhill and would need "multiple surgeries".

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

I learned that the bones in the leg are the femur, the tibia, the patella, and the fibula.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper