Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill race before the Winter Olympics on Friday and was airlifted from the course for medical checks, a troubling turn for the 41-year-old U.S. ski star just a week before the Milan Cortina Games.

Lindsey Vonn responded to a recorded moment following her injury at last week's World Cup downhill race at Crans Montana. Vonn revealed Tuesday that he ruptured her ACL after crashing at the World Cup,

Lindsey Vonn proved she can ski on a torn ACL, finishing the Olympic downhill training run in Cortina with no issues.

Besides sending a soothing message to her fans, Vonn made a clear request to her loved ones. The gold-medal skier exhorted her friends and family to avoid sending her “I’m sorry” texts, as she focuses on being ready for the Winter Olympics.

One day after crashing during her downhill run at the World Cup, Lindsey Vonn's status for the Olympics remains up in the air.

G race on Saturday after crashing and injuring her left knee a day earlier but remains on track for the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Vonn injured her left knee after a fall during Friday's World Cup downhill race in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. She posted on Instagram on Saturday that she would not be racing in the super-G. “Doing my best right now,” she wrote in the post.