Lindsey Vonn was taken to a hospital by helicopter Tuesday after crashing and apparently hurting her right knee in the super-G race at the world ski championships.
Austrian ski federation president Peter Schroecksnadel said doctors told him that Vonn tore her cruciate and lateral ligaments.
"That's the only injury she has, nothing besides this," Schroecksnadel said.
The U.S. ski team gave no immediate update on Vonn's condition but said it would release a statement later Tuesday.
Vonn, a four-time overall World Cup champion, lost balance on her right leg while landing after a jump. Her ski came off immediately, and she slid off course and hit a gate before coming to a halt.
The American received medical treatment on the slope for 12 minutes before being taken to the hospital.
The crash came almost exactly one year before the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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