Mikaela Shiffrin avoids major injury in ski crash

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Skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin avoided a serious injury Friday after crashing during a World Cup downhill race at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Shiffrin lost control during a jump and slammed into safety netting at a high rate of speed.

Shiffrin was attended to on the course and eventually limped off with her left leg raised above the snow. She was taken away into a helicopter and t