By USSA

Two-time Olympian Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA) is in good spirits following a downhill training crash that left her bruised, but without major injury Thursday.

“It’s not the ideal way to start the Olympics, but I’ve just got to keep fighting,” said Cook. “I hear I’m lucky, so I’ve just got to keep that luck going. We’ll start some therapy, but I’m going to be ready. I’ll be back out there.”

Cook, who raced second, was flying down the upper portion of the Franz’s downhill slope when she caught more air than expected off the top jump, causing her to fly much farther than expected.

“My left leg, above my knee, my quad, my hip flexors, my neck and my back are just really sore, but it’s all muscle,” she said. “I can work through that.”

The first medal event for U.S. women is Sunday with super combined slated to begin at 10am. local time.