2010 Winter Olympics: Lindsey Vonn Injury Watch, Day 2: "I'll Grit My Teeth"

Lindsey Vonn has just announced via her Facebook fan page that she thinks she will be able to compete in the Olympics, even if she has to grit her teeth through the pain.

Vonn, who decided to test her injured right shin for the first time today, before the practice was eventually called off because of excessive snow on the mountain top, said while the pain is still there, it is no longer the sharp, debilitating pain she felt earlier in the week.

"I was really happy to be back on snow today even if it was for only one freeski run. My shin was still very painful, but I feel like the injury is finally progressing a bit," Vonn said, "The pain level has gone down from a sharp debilitating pain to something that I feel I may be able to grit my teeth through. So that really puts a smile on my face."

"I won't know the full extent of what I am dealing with until I actually get on the downhill coarse. Generally I am disappointed when a training run is cancelled, but in this situation I definitely welcome the extra day to heal."

Vonn, who took pain killers and numbed her shin with creams prior to today's warmup, said it still caused her pain, but that it was good enough to take part in the training run.

This is promising news for the American skier, who was originally favored to win gold medals in two, possibly three, events in Whistler next week.

For more on Vonn's injury, read news from earlier today , including information about the snow that canceled her training run.