Alice McKennis skips summer training

The US Federsci has announced that Alice McKennis has injured the tibia and the fibula of the left leg without specifying the extent of the injury a week ago while training at Mammoth Mountain and will have to skip the summer preparation entirely, but its goal is to return on skis in the autumn.

Friday 25 May 2018 3 minutes reading time

"I am very sorry for my last injury, it was the result of an anomalous crash due to a slope," says McKennis. "But I am optimistic for the recovery that awaits me and I am confident because I have so much experience recovering from injuries and this time it will be easier. This injury is less complex than all my previous ones, which leaves me hopeful for the 2018-19 season. Although I will miss the period of preparation, I am very, very knowledgeable about what it takes to achieve the best form and I will do my best to achieve my best and build my successes that I achieved last season. I want to thank in a special way all those of Mammoth who were on the spot and those in the hospital for the wonderful support and care! " Alice has often been the victim of injuries. For example, after winning his first World Cup descent, which was also his first ever podium, in St. Anton on 12 January 2013, he suffered an injury to the tibial plateau that caused the crushing of his knee right in 30 pieces, the knee was refurbished with 11 screws and a metal plate. Affectionately he calls the 11-inch scar left by that "The Shark" injury. Last winter he finally returned to great levels placing fifth in the Olympic descent of Jeongseon and third (with the pectoral 23) in the descent of the World Cup finals in Ã…re, his second podium five years after that of St. Anton only 28 cents from the winner, her compatriot Lindsey Vonn. The 28-year-old from Colorado was the fourth American to get on the downhill podium last season with Mikaela Shiffrin, Vonn and Jacqueline Wiles.

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