Lindsey Vonn announced on Twitter today that she had a small fracture in one of her ankles due to a crash that took place on a training run in Queenstown, New Zealand. 

Unfortunately I crashed today and have a small fracture in my ankle. Headed home now but will keep u posted. #minorsetback #cantslowmedown

— lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) August 13, 2015

The 30-year-old Saint Paul, Minnesota native did not disclose which ankle what injured. The severity of the injury is also unknown, though Vonn did refer to it as a "minor setback" and a "small fracture", indicating that it is not a terribly severe issue. She left Queenstown and is heading home to Vail, Colorado, for further examination of her ankle. 

The all-time record-holder in women's World Cup victories with 67, Vonn has dealt with serious injury issues for the past several years of her career. As a three-time Olympian, she was expected to be a very important player at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, held in Sochi, Russia. Unfortunately, a severe knee injury rendered her unable to compete. She tore two ligaments in her right knee in a crash at the 2013 World Championships, and then re-injured the knee in December of that year.

She bounced back this season, proving that she is capable of overcoming serious injury setbacks and returning to the peak of World Cup alpine ski racing. Her results this past season were excellent, with her finishing as the downhill world champion and the super-G world champion. She also pushed her career win totals to record breaking heights. Vonn has 33 victories in downhill, 24 in the super-Gs, three in the giant slaloms, two in the slaloms and five in the alpine skiing combined races in her career.

This latest injury is another obstacle for the champion skier to overcome, as she looks towards the 2018 Winter Olympics. This year's World Cup season will start on Oct. 24 with a giant slalom race in Soelden, Austria. However, the first speed events, which are Vonn's specialty, don't begin for another month after that. She is able to take a cautious approach to her return, with over three years until the Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. She will be hoping for an Olympics less like Sochi, and more like the Vancouver Games in 2010, where she won the gold medal in the downhill event and bronze in the super-G.