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.

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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.

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Mikaela Shiffrin led after the first run of a giant slalom in Killington, Vermont, but crashed during the second run.

Shiffrin wiped out on her final run of the day during the giant slalom event

Shiffrin, World Cup skiing's all-time wins leader, was in first place after the first run but ended the second in a ski patrol sled. Her condition and status for Sunday's slalom were unknown.

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After a week of hype building up to what could have been her 100th World Cup win, Mikaela Shiffrin crashed at the Stifel Killington