Lindsey Vonn’s father said Monday that the American superstar would not race again if it had any influence on her decision and that she would not return to the Winter Olympics after breaking her leg in the downhill over the weekend.

“She’s 41 years old and this is the end of her career,” Alan Kildow said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “There will be no more ski races for Lindsey Vonn, as long as I have anything to say about it.”

Kildow and the rest of Vonn’s family – including a brother and two sisters – were with Vonn as she received treatment at a Treviso hospital after the crash and helicopter evacuation from the Cortina circuit on Sunday.

The hospital released a statement late Sunday saying Vonn underwent surgery on her left leg, and the U.S. Ski Team said she was in stable condition. There have been no other updates since then.

Kildow declined to comment on the details of Vonna’s injuries, but did address her emotional state.

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American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn’s dreams of returning to the Olympics ended after she crashed heavily about 13 seconds into the downhill at the Milan-Cortina Olympics. Vonn was taken off the slope by helicopter and taken to surgery.

“She’s a very strong person,” Kildow said. “She knows physical pain and understands the circumstances she’s in. And she’s able to handle it. Better than I expected. She’s a very, very strong person. And so I think she’s handling it very well.”

Kildow — himself a former ski competitor who taught his daughter to race — said he slept in his daughter’s hospital room overnight.

“There’s someone with her — or multiple people with her — all the time,” Kildow said. “We’ll have people here as long as she’s here.”

Kildow and the rest of Vonn’s family watched the crash from the finish area with all the other spectators.

“First of all, the shock and horror of the whole thing, to see a crash like that,” Kildow said of how he felt watching the scene unfold. “It can be dramatic and traumatic. You’re just horrified at the impact you have.

“You can experience shock, emotional psychological shock,” he added. “Because it’s hard to just accept what happened. But she’s well taken care of. And the USOC and the U.S. Ski Team have a very, very top doctor with her and they’re taking very good care of her here in Italy.”

Vonn ran the downhill despite tearing the ACL in her left knee in another crash nine days earlier.

“What happened to her had nothing to do with the ACL problem in her left leg. Nothing,” Kildow said. “She showed that she was able to function at a very high level with two downhill sessions. And the doctors cleared her at a high level to be able to ski.”

Kildow said the crash was less a result of Vonn’s knee injury than the way she pushed the limits of her racing line to the point where she hit a gate early in the run and lost control.

“Sometimes there are moments in any race, but especially downhill, when you have to slow down a bit,” he said. “You can give yourself a little more space so you don’t put yourself in a questionable position.”

Vonn, who holds the record 12 World Cup wins in Cortina, returned to the track last season after nearly six years in retirement and after partial titanium replacement surgery in her right knee. She won two downhills and finished on the podium in seven of the eight World Cup races she finished this season — and was fourth in another.

“She’s won 84 World Cup races. And not many people do that,” Kildow said, referring to Vonn’s win total, which puts her second on the women’s all-time list behind teammate Mikaela Shiffrin’s record 108 wins.

“And there’s a hell of a difference between speed racing, especially downhill, and slalom,” added Kildow.

Vonn will not be returning to the Olympics to cheer on her teammates or for anything else, Kildow said.

“No, she’s not in that situation,” he said. “She will go home at the appropriate time.”