These ski stars will miss the World Cup

This year, among others, local hero Sofia Goggia and the Norwegian Aleksander Aamodt Kilde will have to watch the competitions in Cortina d'Ampezzo on television. An overview of the most important absentees and those who might miss the start of the World Cup:

The Italian Sofia Goggia was the big favorite for gold in the downhill at her home World Championships and would probably have also competed for the medals in the Super-G. But on Sunday, after the cancellation of the Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the 28-year-old fell while driving on a branch route towards the parking lot. In Milan, doctors diagnosed a fracture of the tibial plateau in the right knee. Goggia has won four of the five downhill races so far this season. Norway has been particularly hard hit Aleksander Aamodt Kilde , the overall World Cup winner from the previous season, caught it during Super-G training in Hinterreit before the Kitzbühel weekend. The Norwegian tore a cruciate ligament in his right knee. As an all-rounder with a speed bias, the 28-year-old would have been a hot tip for a medal in Cortina for downhill and super-G and could have surprised in the giant slalom or in the parallel competition. Sölden winner Lucas Braathen will not compete in any more races this winter. © APA/afp / JOE KLAMAR

Two young technical stars from the Norwegian team also missed the highlight of the winter: Sölden winners Lucas Braathen suffered a collateral ligament injury in his left knee in Adelboden and had to undergo surgery. At Atle Lie McGrath A knee ligament strain was diagnosed - also after a fall in the Adelboden giant slalom - which required a break of several weeks. And if that wasn't enough, a day later the American also fell on the Chuenisbärgli Tommy Ford violent. He tore several ligaments in his knee and hand while also sustaining head and neck injuries.

The ÖSV women are also going into a World Cup decimated. Speed figurehead Nicole Schmidhofer injured herself in her fall on the Val d'Isere descent in December. Doctors spoke of a sprained fracture of the left knee joint, which resulted in the tearing of all knee ligaments and required several operations. It cannot currently be said with certainty whether a career in top-class sport will still be possible. Before her injury, Anna Swenn-Larsson was one of the crème de la crème in slalom. © APA (AFP/Archive) / DAMIR SENCAR

There was a crash in Crans-Montana in January Nina Ortlieb in training. The woman from Vorarlberg suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament, medial ligament, lateral meniscus and patellar tendon in her right knee. Two Austrian candidates for precious metal in the speed disciplines are also missing Cornelia Hütter continues to work on her next comeback. After a cruciate ligament and meniscus tear during slalom training on the Reiteralm before the turn of the year Bernadette Schild forced to watch. With the Swede Anna Swenn-Larsson Another slalom specialist is out (broken ankle). Caviezel and Dreßen about to make a comeback The Swiss team was also hit hard. Urs Kryenbühl fell on the last jump on the downhill in Kitzbühel, fractured his right collarbone and tore the cruciate and medial ligaments in his right knee. Because before that too Niels Hintermann and Mauro Caviezel injured his knee, the Swiss downhill team in Cortina is initially reduced to a trio. At least Caviezel could get fit in time, according to Swiss-Ski. He is surprisingly in the squad for the speed races in Garmisch this weekend. He was the speed high flyer this winter: Ryan Cochran-Siegle. © APA/afp / ROBERTO TRABUCCHI

Auch Thomas Dreßen , who missed the previous season due to hip surgery, is already training with the German team again. The Bavarian could make his comeback at the home World Cup. The prospects for the American are worse Ryan Cochran Siegle , who, like Kryenbühl, fell on the first Kitzbühel descent. The winner of the Super-G in Bormio suffered a fractured cervical vertebra and could be out for months.

From a South Tyrolean perspective, the up-and-coming ones Nicol Delago and Alexander Prast missing. While the 25-year-old from Val Gardena was doing Super-G training in Sulden at the beginning of December Achilles tendon rupture Prast got it even harder. The 24-year-old fell heavily during the Super-G in Val d'Isére and suffered a Total damage to the right knee . Italy's Super-G ace Mattia Casse will be according to his serious fall at the end of November during giant slalom training in Cervinia We'll be back in Garmisch as a forerunner, but it probably won't be enough to start at the World Cup.

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These ski stars will miss the World Cup

In 2021 there will also be some ski racers who will miss the season highlight, the World Cup, due to serious injuries. SportNews provides an overview.

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