Ski Jumping-Pinkelnig ruled out of Winter Olympics after Predazzo crash
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Ski Jumping-Pinkelnig ruled out of Winter Olympics after Predazzo crash
Austrian ski jumper Eva Pinkelnig will miss the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy in February after suffering a heavy fall in competition on Thursday, the Austrian Ski Association has confirmed.On landing, she appeared to twist her ankle and crashed, grimacing in pain as she slid to the bottom of the hil
She fell, attacked her knee, screamed: after her injury on Thursday evening, there was concern for Eva Pinkelnig. Now the diagnosis is there – the Austrian woman suffered a total damage in her knee.
Ski jumper Eva Pinkelnig fell during the general classification on the Olympic ski jump in Predazzo and seriously injured her left knee. The 37-year-old Austrian fell and lay on the slope after landing in the final series of the summer Grand Prix in the Fiemme Valley on Thursday. A medical examination today showed that her season is over.
The Vorarlbergerin suffers from pain in the left knee after a fall.
Nika Prevc led the first heat of the summer Grand Prix competition on the medium hill in Predazzo, where the Olympic ski jumping competitions will be held in February, and eventually won second place. Nika Vodan was eighth.
For ski jumper Eva Pinkelnig, her dream of competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo has been shattered. The 37-year-old from Vorarlberg suffered, among other injuries, a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during her fall at the Summer Grand Prix on the Olympic ski jump in Predazzo on Thursday, forcing her to miss the entire season. The 2022/23 overall World Cup champion will undergo surgery on Friday (to…
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