Lindsey Vonn And Tiger Woods Update: Vonn's Knee "Gave Out" In Latest Race, But Sochi Olympics Bid Still On

Lindsey Vonn suffered another scare when she felt her knee give out during her stint in the World Cup downhill competition in Val d'Isere.

Vonn thought she sustained more major damage in her surgically repaired knee, but luckily, the reigning Olympic downhill champion did not suffer another setback that could have ended her hopes of defending her title at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

"I didn't hurt myself more than I'm already hurt," Vonn said in a statement via Huffington Post. "It was a small compression, and it was fully loaded on the right ski and my knee just completely gave out. I tried to pressure the ski again and it gave out again. I had no chance of making that gate, unfortunately."

Vonn is coming off a ten-month layoff after undergoing surgery that repaired a torn ACL she sustained during a scary crash at the world championships in February.

The 29-year-old skiing star recently sustained another partial tear in her surgically repaired knee, but she decided to delay further surgery in order to keep her hopes of competing at the Sochi Olympics alive.

After her recent crash, Vonn is planning to take a lot of rest and resume her training sometime in January to avoid a major setback while she is preparing for the Olympics.

"As much as time as I can give myself to really get as strong as I can, like I said, one maybe two races before the Olympics. That's it." Vonn said. "I'm going to play it safe and race minimal races, so I can get the confidence and the timing and the feeling of racing again. I'm really going to be safe and smart as I can."

Vonn admitted that her title defense in Sochi will be a tough one because of the recent setbacks in her preparation, but the Minnesota native said that she just needs to get used to skiing without a healthy ACL.

"The thing is I have no ACL. So unless I get surgery there's nothing really magical that I can do that's going to make it better," Vonn said. "I just can get my leg stronger, my muscle stronger and try and support it a little more. But that has a small impact. My knee is loose and it's not stable and that's the way it's going to be from here on out. I just have to get used to it."