Vail, CO – Ski racer Lindsey Vonn, who earlier this month re-tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in a training crash, proclaimed on Thursday that she will be back in the gates in time to compete at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

“First day back on snow since my crash and it was awesome!,” Vonn published on her Facebook page on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. “I’m very thankful for many things this year (family, loved ones, great fans) but at this moment I’m happy to be on the mountain doing what I love – skiing!!”

It was a quick return to Vonn, who has been fighting to return to ski racing since undergoing knee surgery following a horrific crash in super G at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Schladming, Austria in February.

Although she’s skipping this weekend’s World Cup races in Beaver Creek, Colo., Vonn has yet to rule out racing downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, next week. German ski racer Maria Hoefl-Riesch, long a close friend of Vonn, says that the pair will travel to Lake Louise next week together.

Vonn told interviewers on NBC television’s Today Show on Wednesday that she still has time to recover for the Olympics.

“Unfortunately, it was really bad timing for me,” Vonn said. “I’m still confident. I still feel like I have a lot left to achieve this season. … I still have time before Sochi.”

Vonn raced three training runs of super G at the U.S. Ski Team’s training center at Copper Mountain, Colo., this morning, slowly testing her knee by increasing speed with each run.

“Definitely, I’m encouraged,” Vonn told the Associated Press after the training. “It’s looking a lot better than everyone expected. Things are going well.”