The SportNews ski cannon: The cross with the cruciate ligament

The Achilles heel of ski aces is clearly the cruciate ligament. The cruciate ligaments cross each other in the center of the knee joint, hence the name. Together with the outer and inner ligaments, the cruciate ligaments ensure the stabilization of the knee joint with every movement. But then Newton's second law comes into play and disaster begins: Due to the high speed of skiing, the force that acts on the skier after a jump or at the end of a curve is extremely high. If the force pulling on the ligament is stronger than the ligament, there will be a complete cruciate ligament tear, as the saying goes: “The smarter one gives in”.

The list of torn cruciate ligaments got longer again last weekend: it happened on Friday Marco Schwarz, on saturday Ilka Stuhec . Both are among the best skiers in the world, Schwarz won three medals at the World Championships in Åre, and Stuhec was crowned downhill world champion. There have been 3 injuries among men alone this winter.

A few seconds later, Ilka Stuhec's fatal fall © APA/afp / FABRICE COFFRINI

Here is an incomplete overview: At the downhill classic in Kitzbühel he pulled out Max Franz (AUT) suffered a broken heel, caused by a hard blow but without a fall. The season was over for the 29-year-old.

Federica Sosio: The 24-year-old fell so badly on the descent in Garmisch that she had to be transported away by helicopter. Diagnosis in hospital: fractured tibia and fibula.

Departure hope Emanuele Buzzi (Sappada/Plodn) fell while braking at the finish in Wengen, diagnosis: tibial plateau fracture and cruciate ligament injury in the right knee - season over.

Emanuele Buzzi is injured here © APA/afp / FABRICE COFFRINI

Cornelia Hütter (AUT) tore an inner ligament and a torn muscle fiber while skiing downhill in Garmisch at the end of January. The speed specialist wants to get back on skis this week.

The Austrian married in mid-January Anna Veith tore a cruciate ligament in his knee – again, it must be noted. The 29-year-old caught it in mid-January during giant slalom training in Pozza di Fassa.

Kitzbühel winner Thomas Dreßen crashed into the safety nets on the descent in Beaver Creek at the end of November and the German tore the cruciate ligaments in his left knee.

The Austrian Daniel Hemetsberger tore his anterior cruciate ligament, medial ligament and meniscus in his left knee during his serious fall at the Super-G in Bormio at the end of 2018.

The Norwegian Nina Haver Loeseth In the first run of the slalom at Semmering, she hit a goal post five goals before the finish, with painful consequences for the two-time World Cup winner: fracture of her shinbone and meniscus.

The Canadian was caught in the first speed race of the season Manuel Osborne Paradis, He suffered a broken tibia and fibula in Lake Louise.

Injured in pre-season Hanna Schnarf and Sofia Goggia. While Schnarf is working on her comeback after a broken tibia and fibula, Goggia is back on the podium after an ankle injury: in Are she became vice world champion in the Super-G, and in the downhill race in Crans-Montana at the weekend she celebrated her first World Cup victory after the comeback.

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The SportNews ski cannon: The cross with the cruciate ligament

In Greek mythology there is the legendary figure Achilles, the hero was almost invulnerable, his only weak point was his heel. This gave rise to the term Achilles heel, as a metaphor for a vulnerable spot.

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