Conny Huetter, forfeit for Lenzerheide: concussion and a knee problem after the fall of Crans-Montana

In her best moment, the Austrian sprinter has to stop, but there is hope at least for the descent of the cup finals: "Now I have only a slight headache, but I have to recover 100%".

Tuesday 1 March 2022 2 minutes reading time

After years of ordeal with a thousand injuries, Cornelia Huetter found the podium again between Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where she also won in super-g ex aequo with Federica Brignone, and Lenzerheide with 3rd place in the first descent. Back at her best levels, the 29-year-old Styrian has to stop, but fortunately the injury she remedied last Sunday on Mont Lachaux, falling on the last jump of a descent in which the podium was still being played, is not too serious either. if it will cost Conny to attend the super-g next Saturday in Lenzerheide. The specialist visit carried out yesterday in Graz by Dr. Juergen Mandl, in fact indicated a slight concussion with whiplash and a collateral ligament injury of the right knee. Huetter will return home today, but at least a few days of rest are needed and they will try to recover for the finals in Courchevel-Méribel. “After the crash, I was a bit shocked and I was able to remember the details only later - the Wunderteam sprinter tells oesv.at - Now I am quite well again and I have only a slight headache; of course I would have liked to have been at the start in Lenzerheide, but concussions are no joke. The important thing now is to give my body the break it needs to get 100% fit and hopefully come back for the finals. "

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