2010 Winter Olympics: Lindsey Vonn Injury Watch, Day 2: Snow Cancels Training

The gods may be smiling down on American alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, as the 25-year-old was given an extra day to rest her bruised shin when continuing snow canceled the women's downhill practice.

Vonn, who revealed yesterday that the injury may force her to miss the Olympic Games, said she wasn't sure whether she would be able to train today because of ongoing soreness in her right leg where her shin was pressed against the top of the boot.

But Vonn was given a helping hand when organizers called off the practice session, allowing her to rest the leg an extra day without being tempted to test out its strength in a "what if" test run.

Vonn, from Vail, Colorado, inspected the course this morning and had planned to ski, had the conditions allowed.

Around 9 am in Whistler, British Columbia, Vonn tweeted: "So I took a bunch of pain killers and numbed my shin with some creams. Warmup was still very painful but I think it was good enough to give it a shot in the training run. Wish me luck!"

The racers waited patiently as the training was first delayed, then canceled for the day after only a few racers went and only one finished. Another training run is scheduled for Friday, the day of the Opening Ceremony. Vonn is expected to make her first run then.

The CEO of the US Ski Team, Bill Marolt, said today he has no new information from what was given by team doctors yesterday. Although, he said Vonn's drive and determination may help her compete through the injury.

Marolt added: "I will say that, knowing her, her competitive drive, if anybody can be ready to go when [the] gun goes off, it will be Lindsey Vonn."

Marolt continued, "If you look at Lindsey the person, Lindsey the athlete, and Lindsey the international personality, I think that she’s going to carry that forward regardless. She has made a tremendous mark in her career with everything she’s done...She believes that she can make a difference and, in fact, she can make a difference because she’s got that smile, she’s got that gleam in her eye and people respond to that."

For more on Vonn, including her top six crashes, click here.