The ACL had nothing to do with her fall. She caught her arm on a gate that threw her off.
And for the record, out of 7 FISA World Cup downhill races so far this season, she already has 3 first place finishes, 1 second place and 1 third place.
There's no reason why she shouldn't be racing. She should be championed for her love of the sport and willingness to do all the training required to compete at that level instead of being hated on.......
If you look at the video of her fall where she tore the ACL, she couldn’t hold her line, she was fading out and off course. Eventually she laid down and slid into the net... injured. With some help, she got up and slowly skied down the rest of the course.
Same thing happened in her crash run. She couldn’t hold her line...she faded out, caught her arm and crashed.
Nobody faults her for being injured. But, as in most sports, its not really shocking for injured players to crap out. Nobody says you can’t ski with a torn ACL...but competitively? I’d say, if you’re going to do it, the younger you are the better your chances of doing it successfully.