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• Lindsey Vonn remembered her last night on heels before undergoing her ninth surgery following her downhill crash during the Winter Olympics

• She attended the starry LACMA Art+Film Gala on Nov. 7 just two days before her scheduled operation, which she spoke with PEOPLE about at the 2026 CFDA Awards the week before

• Vonn's surgery was done to remove the hardware that went into her leg to mend her fracture and replace her ACL following her 2026 Olympics crash.

Lindsey Vonn is on the mend.

On Monday, Nov. 9 the alpine skiier endured her ninth surgery following her Olympics crash this February, and she's been candid about the entire journey on social media, where she also got real about having her last glamorous night out for "a while" before heading into the operating room.

Two days before her procedure, Vonn, 42, attended the LACMA Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles on Nov. 7. She wore a purple sequin Gucci gown and put on a leggy display with its daring waist-high slit. She wore pointed-toe heels for the event, which she said marked her last time wearing such a shoe before her recovery.

"Last night in heels for a while… had to make it count," she wrote on Instagram alongside glamorous snapshots of her in her look.

A day later, she shared another Instagram video detailing her recent surgery, which was done to remove the "plates and screws" that went into her leg to fix the complex tibia fracture she suffered in her Feb. 8 crash, and replace the ACL she tore a week before the Winter Games.

"This day has been looming on my calendar for a while now… and the time has finally come," she wrote in the caption of her Nov. 9 Instagram post. "I've been nervous and anxious about it…but at the same time excited to hopefully put this behind me."

"There are still things that could change in surgery so we will have to wait and see how it goes but I will keep you posted on my progress when I am out of surgery and recovering," she added, promising that she was going to be in the "best hands."

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Vonn's first four surgeries were done at a hospital at Treviso, Italy where she immediately airlifted following the accident, while the remainder were done in the U.S. when she was able to fly back.

A week before the operation, Vonn attended the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards, where admitted that she was "looking forward to moving past this," especially in the new year. she also reflected on the progress of her recovery. "It's ironic because at the L'Oreal Paris show, I finally felt confident enough to show my scars fully, and now I'm going to open them all back up. Back to square one, but it's okay. It happens. It's life. We'll move forward."

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