Downhill Skier Sofia Goggia Crashes In Training And Breaks 2 Bones In Right Leg – News18

MILAN: Leading downhill skier Sofia Goggia crashed in coaching Monday and broke two bones in her proper leg, ending her season prematurely.

Goggia, who has had quite a few severe accidents all through her profession, straddled a gate along with her proper leg whereas endeavor a coaching large slalom in northern Italy.

The Italian Winter Sports Federation stated surgical procedure inserted a steel rod in her leg connected with seven screws to restore her tibia and malleolus bones at a Milan hospital.

Goggia is the newest prime skier to crash lately following falls involving Mikaela Shiffrin, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Petra Vlhova, Alexis Pinturault and Corinne Suter amongst others.

Vlhova, the Olympic slalom champion who crashed at her residence race in Jasna, Slovakia, final month, had surgical procedure Monday in Switzerland to restore torn ligaments in her proper knee.

“The operation was successful,” Vlhova’s coach, Mauro Pini, stated, including the “recovery is going according to the plan.”

The 31-12 months-previous Goggia leads the World Cup downhill standings with an 89-level benefit over Austria’s Stephanie Venier. She is fourth within the tremendous-G standings, and fifth general.

Goggia additionally crashed in 2022 throughout a brilliant-G in Cortina d’Ampezzo and suffered a number of accidents to her left knee and leg however hurried again in time to take the silver medal in downhill on the Beijing Olympics 23 days later — to go along with her gold from 4 years earlier at Pyeongchang.

Last 12 months in St. Moritz, Switzerland, she received a downhill a day after breaking two fingers in her left hand.

“I’ll come back this time, too,” Goggia stated earlier than getting into the working room, in keeping with the federation.

This newest damage comes virtually precisely two years earlier than the Milan-Cortina Olympics start on Feb. 6, 2026.

Last week, Goggia completed fifth on the Kronplatz resort for her finest large slalom end in greater than six years. She has 24 World Cup wins.

“It’s always upsetting when an athlete gets hurt,” federation president Flavio Roda stated. “Sofia was having a really great season. She was fast in speed and had improved a lot in giant slalom. It’s a real shame, this injury. We’re hoping that she gets through it in the best manner possible.”

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