Overview
- FIS reported a right-knee tibial plateau fracture with a torn meniscus and medial collateral ligament damage for the 28-year-old slalom specialist.
- The Austrian ski federation said surgery was scheduled for Friday, confirming her season is over and she will miss the Winter Olympics.
- The fall happened during giant slalom training in St. Michael, Austria, ahead of this weekend’s World Cup races in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
- Liensberger, a 2021 slalom world champion and Beijing 2022 team gold and slalom silver medalist, placed fourth in last Sunday’s Semmering slalom.
- Her setback follows multiple recent training injuries to elite women skiers, including Swiss Olympic champions Michelle Gisin, Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter, renewing scrutiny of training safety.