Lindsey Vonn hit the slopes for a final training run ahead of Sunday's Olympic race event after rupturing her left ACL when she crashed in a World Cup race in the Swiss Alps a week ago.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn knows the Olympic downhill course better than anyone.

Yet just a few seconds into her first run on Sunday morning, her right ski pole clipped a gate, sending her spinning sideways before landing heavily feet first into the compacted snow.