Olympic Season over for Lara Gut-Behrami as Swiss Ski Star Set for Surgery on Severe Knee Injury
- On Thursday, Lara Gut-Behrami announced she will miss the rest of the Olympic season after crashing during super-G training at Copper Mountain, Colorado, last week.
- During a training run last week, Lara Gut-Behrami caught a gate with her hand on a bump and rolled over, rupturing ligaments in her left knee and damaging the meniscus.
- The two-time World Cup overall champion will have surgery next week and has not formally ended her career; Lara Gut-Behrami said, 'I had a totally different idea for the coming months and I was looking forward to this season' in the federation's statement.
- Her absence removes a leading contender for the Milan-Cortina Olympics running between February 6 and 22, and Switzerland women's alpine skiing head coach Beat Tschuor said the injury is bitter and she will be deeply missed.
- A decorated athlete, Lara Gut-Behrami won Olympic super-G gold in Beijing three years ago, claimed two 2021 world titles, and earned four World Cup victories.
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The 34-year-old Ticino suffers from complex left knee injuries that will prevent her from skiing this winter. But even if this season was to be her last at the highest level, she refuses to record the end of her career before she recovers and heals.In recent years, when Lara Gut-Behrami was questioned about her goals, she invariably articulated the same elements of response: her desire to "ski well" to achieve the best possible results, but espe…
Lara Gut-Behrami will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury suffered during a training fall, the Swiss star skier announced.
Swiss alpine skier Lara Gut-Behrami will not be able to participate in the Winter Olympics in Cortina, Milan, nor for the rest of the season, due to a torn cruciate ligament in her knee.
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