United Kingdom, Feb. 24 -- Lindsey Vonn almost had her leg amputated after her horror crash at the Winter Olympics.

The 41-year-old ski racer was airlifted to hospital after she fell on the slopes during the women's downhill final at the Milan-Cortina Games in Italy on February 8 and she subsequently underwent four surgeries to repair a complex tibia fracture in her left leg - and Lindsey has now revealed she almost lost the limb due to complication and she's credited orthopedic surgeon Dr Tom Hackett, who works with Team USA, with saving her leg.

In a post on Instagram, Lindsey explained: "I had a complex tibia fracture, I also fractured my fibia head and the reason it was so complex was because I had compartment syndrome.

"Compartmen...