“My ACL was fully functioning until last Friday,” Vonn responded Saturday. “Just because it seems impossible to you doesn’t mean it’s not possible. And yes, my ACL is 100% ruptured. Not 80% or 50%. It’s 100% gone.” But not her hopes of gold.

The American skiing star was seen to be favoring her left knee after that crushing fall into the safety net. Vonn crashed in her final downhill before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday. The race was later canceled after three of the first six racers crashed.