Denver, CO : Vonn crashes, avoids injury on return on Friday, January 27th 2017

Lindsey Vonn avoided more serious injury when she fell and crashed into the safety netting during a World Cup downhill training session Friday.

The American, who returned this month from nearly a year out with knee and arm injuries, lost control after getting too much air at a tricky left turn on the upper portion of the Olympia delle Tofane course.

After pausing to collect herself, Vonn skied down to the finish area.

"I just caught a lot of air off this jump between the turns and I landed and hit another bump and just went in the fences in a little bit," Vonn said.

Vonn added that her right arm - the same one she broke in a training crash in Copper Mountain, Colorado, in November - "might be a little sore tomorrow."

A downhill race is scheduled for Saturday, followed by a super-G on Sunday.

Vonn holds the resort record of 11 wins in Cortina.

Italian veteran Elena Fanchini fell in the same spot, also without serious consequences.

Vonn was only 0.11 seconds behind then-leader Ilka Stuhec at the first interval, right before she went down as the course went from bright sunshine to shade.

"That's not what makes it tricky," Vonn said of the change of light.

"It's there's a bit of a lip there and some people are catching a lot of air, some people are catching no air. I got like 20-25 metres and I just didn't have enough time to land it and had to make the switch right away and there just wasn't enough time before I hit the fence."

Vonn discussed the terrain with International Ski Federation race director Jean-Philippe Vulliet.

"Tomorrow with race speeds I'm going to fly even farther, so I think they should just clean that up a little bit it should be perfect for the race," she said.


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Vonn crashes, avoids injury on return