Salt Lake City, UT – The Road to Sochi has ended prematurely for Canadian ski racer Anna Goodman.

Goodman, a native of Montreal, Quebec, who is currently enrolled in studies at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, crashed while training for upcoming Nor-Am and World Cup races, fully tearing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial meniscus.

“I am heartbroken and disappointed that I could not see the Olympic Adventure to the end. I have a long road to recovery ahead, but I know what to expect and I am just moving forward towards becoming strong again,” Goodman wrote on Wednesday on her personal website. “The support I have received from donors, sponsors, friends, and family has meant so much to me and has helped me get this far.  Up until yesterday I fully believed that this season would be amazing, and a lot of it has to do with the confidence I gained from everyone’s support.  I can’t thank everyone enough.

“I look forward to standing in the start gate once again next season with the Westminster Ski Team, to continuing my studies in business, and to hosting awesome camps for ski racers next summer,” she assured. “I will be cheering on all the Canadian ladies this season, and I’m sure they will continue to dominate! I am just sad that I will not be there with them.  I really believed in myself and my program and wish I could have showed that it was possible and shared the journey with my friends and supporters.

“Here we go again,” Goodman concluded.

Although Goodman skied for Canada in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, she left the Canadian National Ski Team in April of 2012 to pursue academics at Westminster. Since then, Goodman has remained competitively active through the Westminster Ski Team.