U.S. ski-team members on the mend — mentally and physically — as Winter Games approach
Laurenne Ross had sustained a fractured pelvis and a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee. She suffered multiple shoulder dislocations, broken fingers, sprained ankles and concussions. Needed dozens of stitches to close gashes across her face.
None of those injuries prepared the veteran U.S. Olympic Alpine skier for the split-second on Maine's Sugarloaf Mountain last March. Speeding around the sixth gate in the giant slalom, Ross slipped and her right ski caught the snow at the wrong angle.
