Overview
- Italy’s federation FISI confirmed that 17-year-old Big Air world champion Flora Tabanelli suffered an ACL injury during training at the Stubai Glacier, with her Olympic participation unresolved.
- Per reporting on FISI’s statements, Tabanelli is understood to have declined surgery to preserve a chance to compete, a choice that leaves her recovery path uncertain.
- Sofia Goggia told RaiRadio2 that Federica Brignone could be back on skis by the end of November, offering the first concrete—though non-medical—window for a possible return.
- Brignone has been rehabbing from April injuries that included a comminuted tibial plateau fracture, a fibular head fracture, lateral ligament damage, and a partial ACL tear followed by surgery.
- Depth concerns grew further as Marta Bassino (tibial plateau fracture) is likely to miss the Games, Marta Rossetti (ACL tear) is out, and Slovenia’s Andreja Slokar confirmed a new right ACL tear that ends her Olympic bid.