Knee injury and the season ended for Marc Berthod

Photo information

Getty Images / AFP

Alpine SkiingAlpine Skiing Men

Knee injury and the season ended for Marc Berthod

Not enough back problems that haunt him for years and that in fact the have clipped the wings of a promettentissima career, now for Marc Berthod & egrave; got a serious knee injury.

After not having finished the descent of St. Catherine on Sunday the 31 year old Swiss St. Moritz took the & rsquo; & agrave opportunities; to train yesterday in super-G in the resort & agrave; Valfurva, but all & rsquo; last tour of the day & egrave; fell and & egrave; quickly realized that it was a serious injury. Transported to hospital in St. Moritz helicopter, MRI provided a grim diagnosis: fracture of the anterior cruciate ligament and the medial collateral ligament in his left knee with involvement of the meniscus. Obviously the season Berthod ends early. Recall that the Swiss has won two World Cup races in his career, both at Adelboden slalom in 2007 where effettu & ograve; a comeback legendary by the twenty-seventh of the first run with the number 60, and the giant in 2008, in 2007 he was also world bronze in super combined in & Aring; King, in a race that was won by what was considered his & ldquo; sister & rdquo ;, Daniel Albrecht, and that later & egrave; was even more & ugrave; unlucky for him.
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
2
Social media engagement