Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the World Championships in Austria next month, with the Slovak racer still recovering from a knee injury she suffered a year ago.Vlhova, Mikaela Shiffrin's big rival for the slalom and overall World Cup Alpine ski titles, suffered a season-ending injury last

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Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the alpine skiing world championships next month after a setback in her recovery from a knee injury and is already focusing on the 2026 Winter Games, her team said Monday.

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Slalom Olympic champion and former giant slalom world champion Petra Vlhova has cancelled her participation in the Alpine Ski World Championships in Saalbach in February. The Slovakian will not be fit in time after tearing her cruciate ligament. Vlhova has lost the battle against time, as her coach Mauro Pini explained in a statement from the athlete's management. The 29-year-old is now focusing on the Olympic Games in a year with the races in C…

Slalom-Olympiasiegerin und Ex-Riesentorlauf-Weltmeisterin Petra Vlhova hat ihre Teilnahme an den alpinen Ski-Weltmeisterschaften im Februar in Saalbach abgesagt. Die Slowakin wird nach einem Kreuzbandriss nicht rechtzeitig fit. Vlhova habe den Kampf gegen die Zeit verloren, wie ihr Trainer Mauro Pini in einer Mitteilung des Managements der Athletin erklärte. Die 29-Jährige habe nun die Olympischen Spiele in einem Jahr mit den Rennen in Cortina d…

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World Cup out! Vlhova has lost the battle against time

Skier Petra Vlhova, the reigning Olympic slalom champion, will not participate in the Worlds in Saalbach in February, her coach announced on Monday. The Slovakian is not recovering from a knee injury.

La skieuse Petra Vlhova, championne olympique en titre de slalom, ne participera pas aux Mondiaux de Saalbach en février a annoncé son entraîneur lundi. La Slovaque n’est pas remise d’une blessure à un genou.

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Alpine skiing: Slovakia's Petra Vlhova out of the Worlds

Olympic slalom champion Petra Vlhova will miss the Alpine skiing world championships next month after a setback in her recovery from a knee injury and is already focusing on the 2026 Winter Games, her team said Monday. Vlhova has been Mikaela Shiffrin’s main rival in slalom for the past decade. However, Shiffrin’s participation at the worlds in Saalbach, Austria, is also in doubt as the American has yet to make her return from abdominal surgery …

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Olympic ski champion Petra Vlhova to miss world championships after setbacks with long-term injury

Titled Slovak alpine skier Petra Vlhova will miss this season's top event due to a knee injury and has set her sights on getting in good shape for the Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics.

Tituleeritud Slovakkia mäesuusataja Petra Vlhova jätab põlvevigastuse tõttu tänavuse hooaja tippsündmuse vahele ning on võtnud sihikule hea vormi saavutamise Milano ja Cortina d'Ampezzo olümpiaks.

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Vlhova's hopes of recovering for the World Cup were dashed

Slovakian slalom skier Petra Vlhova has given up hope of starting at February's world championships. Exactly one year after suffering a knee injury, the Olympic champion announced through her coach Mauro Pini that she was still not ready to fully return to the racing merry-go-round and fight for the top rungs. The focus now will be on success at the 2026 Olympics.

Slovenská slalomářka Petra Vlhová se vzdala naděje na start na únorovém mistrovství světa. Přesně rok poté, co utrpěla zranění kolena, olympijská šampionka prostřednictvím svého trenéra Maura Piniho oznámila, že stále není připravena naplno se vrátit do závodního kolotoče a bojovat o nejvyšší příčky. Soustředit se nyní bude na úspěch na olympijských hrách 2026.

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Vlhová renounces participation in World Championship, not ready even a year after knee injury

Slalom star Petra Vlhova is forced to give up. The Slovakian will miss the World Championships in Saalbach in February. – We had hoped that she would be in top form and fight for medals, says her coach Mauro Pini.

Slalomstjärnan Petra Vlhova tvingas ge upp. Slovakiskan missar VM i Saalbach i februari. – Vi hade hoppats att hon skulle vara i toppform och slåss om medaljer, säger hennes tränare Mauro Pini.

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Slalom star's setback - misses the World Cup

Slovak alpine skiing star Petra Vlhova has had to permanently cancel her participation in the World Championships, which will be held in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, in February, said her coach Mauro Pini. The statement by the coach, who also supervised the best Slovenian Tina Maze in the past, was quoted by the International Ski Federation (Fis) on social media.

Slovaška zvezdnica alpskega smučanja Petra Vlhova je morala dokončno odpovedati nastop na svetovnem prvenstvu, ki bo februarja v avstrijskem Saalbach-Hinterglemmu, je dejal njen trener Mauro Pini. Izjavo trenerja, ki je v preteklosti bdel tudi nad najboljšo Slovenko Tino Maze, je na družbenih omrežjih navedla Mednarodna smučarska zveza (Fis).

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Reigning Olympic slalom champion, Czech Petra Vlhova, still recovering after suffering a rupture of the cruciate ligament in a knee in January 2024, will not participate in the World Championships in Saalbach (6-16 February).

Championne olympique en titre de slalom, la Tchèque Petra Vlhova, toujours convalescente après avoir été victime d'une rupture des ligaments croisés d'un genou en janvier 2024, ne participera pas aux Mondiaux de Saalbach (6-16 février).

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