Schmidhofer after the great fear: the knee is knocked out, but there is no further serious damage

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Schmidhofer after the great fear: the knee is knocked out, but there is no further serious damage

The season of the 2017 super-g world champion is essentially over: only the official status is missing after tonight's visit to Innsbruck, before the surgery. McKennis Duran is also in the pits: he will also skip the super-g pending further checks.

There was a lot of fear, seeing her break through the nets, literally cutting the protective tarpaulin with her skis on the outside of that compression that is literally thrilling today. The first descent of Val d''Isère has already put an end to Nicole Schmidhofer's season, even if the complete diagnosis is lacking, but it could have been much worse for the 31-year-old of the Wunderteam, considering the brutality of the impact at over 100 km / h. Remained conscious, "Nici" suffered a strong impact also with the face, but the only serious damage concerns the knee. As reported by the OESV press office, a first visit was made in Geneva, but already in the late evening there could be an intervention at the Hochrum clinic in Innsbruck, the reference of the Austrian national team, to work on the joint who suffered damage to the crusader and collateral. Week-end on the Oreiller-Killy already finished for Alice McKennis Duran, who had signed the best time in the first race and today, before also ending up in the networks in the usual point that also saw Brignone, Haehlen and Gauche fall, he was looking for a top ten finish. There should be no fractures, but pending further investigations, the medical staff of the US national team has chosen to stop the 31-year-old sprinter from Colorado.
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