Overview

• The four-time overall World Cup winner was injured in a fall during preparations in Zermatt, Switzerland.
• She is expected to undergo surgery soon and praised the immediate medical care and organized transport.
• National coach Paul Marks declined to give a timetable, saying options will be assessed once healing is complete.
• The World Cup season opens in late November in China, narrowing the window before the Milan–Cortina Games from February 6–22, with parallel events on February 8.
• Hofmeister, an Olympic bronze medalist in 2018, had been Germany’s leading medal hope in alpine snowboarding.