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SOLDEU, Andorra — Lindsey Vonn has had her share of ups and downs on the ski slopes.

What happened Saturday definitely qualifies as the latter after she crashed during a super-G run.

Vonn, from Vail, posted to her Instagram account after her accident:

The American ski star was evacuated off the slope by sled after crashing about 50 seconds into what would have been roughly a minute run during a super-G event in Andorra.

The U.S. ski team noted that Vonn had the best time at the FIS Ski World Cup event in Soldeu-el Tarter when she went down.

“She was taken off the mountain on a sled by ski patrol for evaluation,” the U.S. Ski Association said in a statement.

The start of Saturday’s event was delayed several hours because of strong winds and snowfall, FIS Alpine noted.

Despite the fracture, Vonn competed Sunday and held the lead for a time. Yet, she finished 12th in the event.

Vonn, 31, already has an extensive injury history, including the torn ACL/MCL and fractured tibial plateau she suffered during the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in February 2013.

Vonn pushed hard to come back only to be derailed by a training crash the next November and more knee troubles in months to come that kept her out of the 2014 Olympics.