Only a few gates from the finish line — and the possibility of an unprecedented 100th career FIS World Cup win — U.S. skier Mikeala Shiffrin caught an edge during the second run of the giant slalom competition and suffered a painful crash into the side fencing over the weekend at Vermont’s Killington Cup.

American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a puncture wound to her abdomen and "severe muscle trauma" after crashing hard during her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race on Saturday in Killington,

Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a deep puncture wound on the right side of her abdomen and “severe muscle trauma” during a scary crash in a giant slalom race but no serious bone, ligament or organ damage.