Comeback in sight: Alexis Pinturault plans last season before the Olympics!

Comeback in sight: Alexis Pinturault plans last season before the Olympics!

Alpine skier Alexis Pinturault has revealed he wants to continue his career despite a serious injury that ended his season early. The 33-year-old Frenchman is planning a comeback next season and wants to focus specifically on giant slalom. Pinturault said in an online media event that the upcoming 2026 Olympic Games in northern Italy could be his final highlight. He suffered serious injuries in a fall in Kitzbühel in January, including a fracture of the tibial plateau and a meniscus injury in his right knee. The news of his return comes less than two months after a previous comeback from a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee, which added to the uncertainty surrounding his career oe24.at reported.

Pinturault has established himself as one of the biggest talents in alpine skiing in recent years. In the 2020/21 season, he became the first French ski racer to be crowned overall winner of the World Cup since 1997 and is going into the Olympic Games as one of the great medal hopes. The Moûtiers-born skier, whose robust career is peppered with years of success in various disciplines, hopes to be able to build on these achievements in the coming season. He has already collected numerous medals at the Olympic Games and World Championships, and his return is eagerly awaited tz.de noticed.

A look at his successes

His impressive career includes medals at the Olympic Games in Sochi and Pyeongchang as well as overall victory in the World Cup. Pinturault is often described as an all-rounder, performing in almost every discipline of downhill except downhill itself. The return to his sport comes at a time when his biggest competitors such as Marcel Hirscher have stepped down, giving him the chance to regain his dominance.