2010 Winter Olympics: Lindsey Vonn Update Day 3: US Skier Can Rest Until Monday

Lindsey Vonn will have at least two more full days to rest her injured right shin, after Friday's training session was postponed because of poor visibility and bad weather.

Vonn, the two-time overall World Champion,will not have to test her leg until Monday because Sunday's opening event, the super-combined, has been rescheduled. She says it will help her focus on her recovery, even if best friend and closest rival Maria Riesch said she didn't think the injury was too bad.

The American, however, a favorite to medal in all five events before last Wednesday's injury threatened to ruin her Olympics, says she does not really care about the rumors from other skiers questioning the seriousness of her injury, and she insists she is 100 percent focused on being ready to compete.

She has even chosen to skip tonight's opening ceremony in BC Place, opting to stay in Whistler and rest up.

Vonn, who has only inspected the course and taken part in pre-training warmups, said today that even though she could have practiced if the weather had allowed, she is grateful for the time to recuperate.

"Obviously, I was looking forward to running the course but for me at the moment I think this is the best possible scenario because it gives me that little bit more time to rest my leg.

"I could have done that training run, obviously with a lot of pain, but it's best for me to have canceled.”

In a press conference earlier today, Vonn added: "I inspected the course today and course workers are doing the best they can to get it up to shape, but it's been rainy and it rained all day yesterday, and it's definitely not in raceable condition.

"I wanted to make sure that I could be able to ski safely down," Vonn said. "If you're skiing defensively, it's always dangerous. I pushed myself hard yesterday, and I felt like I could've done the training run. Obviously with a lot of pain, but I could have done it."