Austria loses Christopher Neumayer again: Saslong cost the crusader in the left knee

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Austria loses Christopher Neumayer again: Saslong cost the crusader in the left knee

Falling on Thursday in the second race in Val Gardena, the 29-year-old from Salzburg suffered the same injury as two years ago in Bormio. Operated today in Monaco, he had just returned to high levels by touching the podium in the European Cup.

Christopher Neumayer saw a World Cup season go up in smoke that for him was starting right from the weekend on the Saslong, conquered thanks to the excellent results obtained recently in the European Cup, including fourth place in the super-g at the beginning of the week. Santa Caterina Valfurva. An important talent, that of the 1992 class of Salzburg origin, but affected many, too many times by injuries: like in Bormio 2019, exactly two years ago, when he destroyed his left knee by falling in the super-g of the combined on the Stelvio. The joint itself ended up knocked out yesterday, on the occasion of the second test of the Val Gardena descent: the diagnosis speaks of an anterior cruciate ligament injury and the operation took place within a few hours, today in Munich.
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