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.

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.

U.S. Olympic gold-medalist Mikaela Shiffrin suffered an abdominal puncture wound and severe muscle trauma during a crash in a giant slalom race at Killington, Vermont.