By Sara Rossi and Cristina Carlevaro CORTINA D'AMPEZZO/TREVISO, Italy, Feb 9 (Reuters) - U.S. skiing great Lindsey Vonn has had two operations in Italy after a serious leg fracture at the Olympics, with a source saying the procedures should help stabilise her and prevent complications linked to swelling and blood flow.

US ski great Lindsey Vonn was flown off the Olympic course after her audacious bid to win a downhill gold ends in a horror crash.

“She’s 41 years old and this is the end of her career,” Alan Kildow said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.