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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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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.
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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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