“I’m good," Vonn told The Associated Press during an interview later in the day at the U.S. team hotel. "I just caught a lot of air off the second-to-last jump and I just landed and my ski kind of caught funny.
“My bum is sore but otherwise I’m good,” she added, indicating that she still plans to race this weekend.
The 40-year-old Vonn recently returned to ski racing after nearly six years of retirement, with a titanium knee replacement.
So how did her right knee — the one with the titanium — feel after the fall?
“No problem. Titanium doesn’t break,” Vonn said. “All in all, my titanium knee is holding up a lot better than I think anyone would have expected.”
Last Sunday, Vonn finished fourth in a super-G in St. Anton, Austria.
Vonn holds the record of 12 wins in Cortina, the stage for next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics.
“Everything’s getting faster and better, and I’m dialing everything in one day at a time, so hopefully I can get on the podium this weekend,” Vonn said.
Another downhill training session is scheduled for Friday before downhill and super-G races Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Vonn has been hurrying to figure out her new equipment during her comeback and she broke one of her boots during her fall.
“So I don’t know if I have to go on a new boot tomorrow. I have to figure that out," she said.
Italians Federica Brignone, Sofia Goggia and Nadia Delago finished 1-2-3 in the training session.
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