Mikaela Shiffrin provided an injury update on Saturday after a nasty crash into the protective fencing during her second run of a World Cup giant slalom

American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin was alert and being evaluated for injuries after crashing in her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race Saturday, doing a flip and sliding into the protective fencing.

Mikaela Shiffrin crashed in the second run of an Alpine skiing World Cup giant slalom in Killington, Vermont, on Saturday. Shiffrin, the first-run leader, was about 12 seconds from the finish line of her final run when she slipped coming around a gate,