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Lara Gut-Behrami Ruled Out of 2025–26 Season and Milano Cortina 2026 After Severe Knee Injury

Knee surgery is scheduled next week, with a decision on her career deferred until after recovery.

Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine Ski World Cup - Women's Giant Slalom - Soelden, Austria - October 25, 2025 Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami in action during the first run REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
Lara Gut-Behrami made her World Cup debut aged 16

Overview

  • Swiss Ski confirmed she tore the ACL, MCL and meniscus in her left knee during Super-G training at Copper Mountain last week.
  • The federation said she will miss all races next season, which excludes her from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.
  • The 34-year-old two-time overall World Cup champion has 48 World Cup victories and multiple Olympic medals.
  • Gut-Behrami said the injury is serious but not a tragedy, noting recent fatal training crashes involving young athletes.
  • Women's alpine team head coach Beat Tschuor said her absence will be strongly felt by the squad both competitively and personally.