Vail, Colorado - Relief for Lindsey Vonn! The ski queen has successfully cleared one of the last major hurdles on her long road to recovery – and has finally been freed from the screws that held her broken leg together.

"Got all this s**t out of my leg," the 42‑year‑old wrote on Wednesday in response to a video posted to her Instagram story, where she held up a plastic bag filled with black screws and three rods.

The metal pieces were removed by doctors during what is now the ninth surgery required after her severe fall at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

At least everything went smoothly, as Vonn revealed in another story post, and she added that she would be back soon with more updates for her fans.

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A day before the operation, the Olympic champion appeared in a video saying she was pretty nervous.

"Basically what we're doing is removing all of the plates and screws, and just basically removing all the hardware so we can put in a new ACL," the four‑time overall World Cup champion explained.

Because of all the components that had to be used to heal her complex shinbone fracture, the doctors simply haven't been able to address the also‑damaged cruciate ligament yet.

"I've been waiting all these nine months so my bones could heal and we could fix the ACL and my bones healed which is great news," Vonn explained in her video.

"But obviously now I have the ACL and that means another six to nine months."

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In addition, the holes in her bones left by the screws still need to fill in, the athlete added.

Nevertheless, the path to a comeback on the slopes is already being paved.

Vonn has been sharing gym photos for months, and she was recently nominated to the US federation's A-team.

The season has already started, and Vonn can't compete yet, but if she decides to return later this year, a World Cup wildcard start would be guaranteed.