Lindsey Vonn fractures ankle in training crash

Updated 13/08/2015 at 17:26 GMT

Lindsey Vonn has announced that she broke her ankle during a training crash in New Zealand.

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Vonn, who claimed a seventh World Cup downhill title ahead of Anna Fenninger back in March, overcame a serious knee injury last season as she also set the all-time women's World Cup win record.

Vonn did not reveal which ankle she had broken but referred to the injury as a minor setback.

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