These stars will be missing at the World Cup

From a local perspective, the ski highlight of the year is missing Peter Fill and Hanna Schnarf two heavyweights. Fill ended his season at the beginning of January due to back problems, Schnarf suffered a broken tibia and fibula a few weeks before the first race, but is now recovering Road to recovery .

Otherwise the list of failures is long. The Austrians were hit particularly hard: With Anna Veith , Stephanie Brunner , Christine Scheyer and Katharina Gallhuber Four athletes were out with knee injuries and their hopes of winning a medal were also lost Max Franz the heel bone – means: end of season.

Anna Veith is out with a torn cruciate ligament. © APA / EXPA/JOHANN GRODER

Olympic champion Michelle Gisin (Knee injury) has to be the same as the Norwegian Nina Haver-Löseth (fracture of the tibial plateau and meniscus injury) buried their World Cup ambitions. The women are also missing Elena Fanchini (fractured fibula), during Lindsey Vonn Although he starts, he has major physical problems. Not there or not fit Among the men, many top stars will also be missing or not competing in top form: Kitzbühel winner from 2018, Thomas Dreßen , falls just like his German compatriot Andreas Sander out of. For the Swiss by Marc Gisin is also due to take a break after his horror fall in Val Gardena, while his teammate Patrick Küng drew a line under his career in Kitzbühel. Eric Guay also ended his career this season, Manuel Osborne Paradis falls out with a broken lower leg.

And then there are still Axel Lund Svindal , Kjetil Jansrud and Felix Neureuther , who are at the World Cup but had to struggle with injuries and injuries beforehand and are therefore not at 100 percent. Svindal is struggling with his knee, Jansrud suffered a broken metacarpal bone and Neureuther is also physically weak. Will they still manage to surprise?

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These stars will be missing at the World Cup

At the World Championships in Åre there is a long list of cancellations even before the start. South Tyroleans are also unlucky with injuries and cannot take part.

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