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The Austrian, returning from the best result of his career with the 2nd place on Rettenbach, was injured today in Reiteralm in the same right knee that already forced him to lose the Games 4 years ago.
Tuesday 9 November 2021 2 minutes reading time
A real curse, an incredible and cruel fate for Roland Leitinger.
Almost four years ago the anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee forced him to miss the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang, after taking world silver in giant the previous season, and now the same type of injury, to the same joint , already saying goodbye to Beijing 2022.
As the OESV communicated in the afternoon, today the 30-year-old Austrian broke his crusader in training at Reiteralm (incredibly, before PyeongChang he was injured in the same location), ending a year he had prematurely saw him start very well, winning the best result of his career in the World Cup with the 2nd place on the Rettenbach, just 7 cents behind Marco Odermatt in the opening in Soelden.
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