US EditionOlympic downhill champion Corinne Suter out for a month after training crash
Corinne Suter suffered multiple injuries in a training crash and will be sidelined for about one month, impacting her preparation for World Cup events and the Winter Olympics.
- On Thursday, Olympic downhill champion Corinne Suter crashed in training and will be unable to ski until about one month before she is due to defend her title.
- Following earlier losses to the Swiss speed team, Corinne Suter tore a muscle in her left calf, bruised her left knee, and fractured a bone in her right foot during Wednesday's downhill practice at St. Moritz.
- During a Wednesday downhill practice at St. Moritz, Corinne Suter tore a left calf muscle, bruised her left knee and fractured a bone in her right foot, interrupting training plans.
- The Swiss ski federation said Corinne Suter does not need surgery and will focus on rehabilitation, but the injury complicates her preparations for the Milan Cortina Winter Games in February.
- On Dec. 12, the Swiss resort will stage the season's first women's downhill, which organizers say should be Lindsey Vonn's first race of the Olympic campaign as she aims for a fifth Olympics at age 41.
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Swiss speed specialist Corinne Suter has to pause for a month after a training crash on Wednesday at the ski downhill training in St. Moritz. At the Beijing Olympic Champion and Cortina World Champion, a muscle fiber crack in the left lower leg, a bruise of the left knee joint and an undisloated fracture in the right back leg were detected.The injuries do not require surgery, the Swiss Association informed.
After Lara Gut-Behrami, the next star of the Swiss women's team falls. Beijing's Olympic champion has to stay out for weeks.
The women's team complains after Lara Gut-Behrami the next failure. Corinne Suter hurts on the left leg.
More bad news is coming from the Swiss camp after the injury of star Lara Gut. The current Olympic downhill champion Corinne Suter was injured during downhill training. According to the Swiss Ski Association, she will return to the snow in a month - just a month before the Olympic Games in Italy.
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