Laurenne Ross issued a warning before discussing her injury history.
“I might start crying, because it makes me really emotional,” she said. “It’s been really hard.”
Sure enough, Ross seamlessly transitioned from crying to laughing and back again in an interview at a pre-Olympic media summit in West Hollywood, Calif.
Ross, who started skiing at 18 months old, had her first injury setback at just 9 years old, when a crash resulted in a major face laceration.
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“My cheek was basically torn off of my face,” Ross recalled.