American skier Lindsey Vonn undergoes knee fracture hairline accident

Lindsey Vonn has had its share of ups and downs on the slopes.

What happened on Saturday definitely qualifies as this.

US ski star was evacuated off the slope on sled after crashing about 50 seconds of the way through what would have been a minute or so run for a super-G event in Andorra. Ski equipment United States noted that Vonn had the fastest time in testing the FIS World Cup Ski Soldeu-El Tarter when she fell.

"She was taken off the mountain on a sled by the ski patrol for evaluation," said Ski Association of America said in a statement. "She is being evaluated at present to determine whether any injury suffered."

Vonn later confirmed he had suffered a fracture in his left knee.

"He was caught in the soft snow today and crashed pretty hard. The X-rays showed that I have a broken left knee and reach an MRI on Monday," Vonn wrote in a post to his Instagram account.

But despite the injury, which he did not rule out competing in super combined race Sunday in the same place.

"I'll wait and see how I feel tomorrow to decide whether I can run. We will keep you informed."

Vonn is 31 and already has a long history of injuries, such as torn ACL / MCL and tibial plateau fracture he suffered during the World Championship downhill skiing FIS in February 2013.

Vonn pushed hard to get back, according to his biography ski equipment from the United States, only to be derailed by a training accident the following problems November and knee in the coming months that kept her out of the Olympics 2014 bio ski team official notes US .

However, the Minnesota native has already become stronger.

Entering this weekend, everyone else took in the competition for the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - beating Lara Gut of Switzerland, with 1,215 points, which is almost 400 more than the Viktoria Rebensburg in third.

Vonn has not only left its mark on the slopes. She has also been in the news for quotations from great golf Tiger Woods and more recently, for impersonating only in body paint for issuing swimsuit Sports Illustrated.

The super G event start Saturday in Andorra was delayed several hours due to strong winds and snow.

Eventually she was won by Federica Brignone of Italy with the American skier Laurenne Ross finish second.

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