Cruciate ligament curse meets domestic ski stars: setbacks and hope!

Cruciate ligament curse meets domestic ski stars: setbacks and hope!

A bitter year for the Austrian winter athletes: five ÖSV athletes have seriously injured themselves in the current World Cup season and are canceled due to cruciate ligament tears. The list of injuries ranges from the ski boss Sonja Gigler to Speedtalent Martin-Luis Walch, and Emily Schöpf is also affected. As krone.at , the misery for Gigler began in February when she injured her right knee at the World Cup in Georgia. Well, almost a year later, she contracted a cruciate ligament tear again during training on the Reiteralm, this time in the right knee.

hardly any end in sight

With its many setbacks, Gigler is the sad rule, since they should only have celebrated their comeback after a break of injury after a year of injury. The starting of the weekend came at her home race when she fell during a training run and was immediately taken to the hospital, where the devastating diagnosis was announced. A fact that she shares with Martin-Luis Walch, who broke his cruciate ligament shortly before New Year's Eve 2023 and, after returning to the ski in August, injured again. Amanda Salzgeber and Emily Schöpf are also affected by this wave of injuries, so that the future is uncertain for these athletes, such as Web.de

The situation is also commented on by Lindsey Vonn, who is considered a comeback superstar in the scene. On Instagram, she encouraged the injuries: "You will come back more, trust me!" These words come from someone who has already suffered two cruciate ligament tears and celebrates their comeback in St. Moritz on Saturday with a knee part prosthesis. The important challenges that the injured athletes have to overcome are inevitable while working towards a tedious and lengthy comeback.