Vonn leaves Italian hospital, heading to Treviso airport

U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn was discharged on Sunday from the Italian hospital where she was admitted a week ago after the horrific crash that ended her Olympic comeback, two sources close to the matter said.



Vonn, the 2010 Olympic champion and second most ​successful female World Cup skier of all time, was heading to the airport in the northern Italian town of Treviso.



The U.S. skier said on Saturday that her fourth round of surgery had gone well and she looked forward to returning home to America.



Under treatment in the Ca' Foncello Hospital in Treviso since last Sunday, the 41-year-old said she was improving after some difficult days but warned that she still had "a long, long way to go" with another operation scheduled in the United States.



She had been hoping to become the oldest Alpine skiing medallist in Games history after winning two World Cup ​downhills this year and finishing on the podium in the other three.