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Katharina Liensberger Suffers Severe Knee Injury, Will Miss Milano Cortina

The 2021 slalom world champion begins a season-ending recovery after a crash during giant slalom training in St. Michael.

Overview

  • FIS and the Austrian Ski Federation reported a right‑knee tibial plateau fracture with meniscus and MCL damage.
  • The fall happened during a giant slalom training session in St. Michael, Austria, ahead of women’s World Cup races in Kranjska Gora.
  • Officials said she was scheduled for surgery on Friday, with the injuries ending her season and ruling her out of the Winter Olympics next month.
  • A decorated contender as 2021 slalom world champion and a 2022 Olympic gold and silver medallist, her absence reshapes the slalom field for rivals including Mikaela Shiffrin.
  • The incident adds to a run of training injuries sidelining Swiss stars Michelle Gisin, Lara Gut‑Behrami and Corinne Suter, reviving safety concerns highlighted after the training‑camp death of Italy’s Matteo Franzoso.