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Vancouver Now VanderBeek latest to go down for Canadas ski team Home Medals Results Canadian Results Schedule DaytoDay Schedule Athletes Featured Athletes Team Canada Full Athlete List News Venues Forums Blogs Videos Photos The GamesPast & Present Interactive Features SportsCurling Hockey Skating Figure Skating Short Track Speed Skating Skiing Alpine Skiing Biathlon CrossCountry Skiing Freestyle Skiing Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Sliding Bobsleigh Luge Skeleton Snowboarding Hot TopicsCanada vs US Sidney Crosby Hockey gold Closing ceremony Canadian Olympians Joannie Rochette Follow CBCListen to CBCRadio VancouverMultiLanguage BulletinsMandarinRussianArabicSpanishREPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK VanderBeek latest to go down for Canadas ski team Last Updated Thursday December 17 2009 203 PM ET By Brandon Hicks CBC Sports The Canadian alpine team suffered another blow as Kelly VanderBeeks Olympic dream ended ThursdayThe 26yearold skier from Kitchener Ont suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during a crash on the second downhill training run at the World Cup race in Val dIsre FranceVanderBeek was carried off the hill conscious but in obvious pain her leg in a splint Further tests confirmed the seriousness of her injury meaning she will miss the 2010 Olympics in VancouverVanderBeek pegged as one of Canadas medal hopefuls was the third Canadian skier to go down this week and the fourth in less than a monthHer injury was the second suffered by the womens team in as many days Coaches who watched video of the fall said VanderBeek got back on her skis when hitting some ripples on the snow Her right ski got caught but she got it back down on the snow Then the ski caught again and got twisted causing the fallVanderBeeks fall comes one day after Larisa Yurkiw 21 of Owen Sound Ont suffered a suspected torn ACL and medial collateral ligament in her knee after a crash in downhill training at Val dIsreThey want to raceMax Gartner Alpine Canadas chief athletics officer spoke with the womens coaches at Val dIsre to determine why the Canadians are being hurtIts not like theres half the field going down said Gartner who is with the mens team in Val Gardena Italy At the moment it seems to be usWere kind of trying to assess what frame of mind the other athletes are It seems like the first indication from the other athletes is they want to race We just have to make sure its safeThe growing list of Canadian alpine Olympic hopefuls who have seen their Vancouver dreams go up in smoke includes defending downhill world champion John Kucera who broke his leg in November and JeanPhilippe Roy who hurt his right knee at Val dIsre last weekendKucera Roy and Yurkiw are all out of the OlympicsWith files from The Canadian Press ...