Ski World Cup 2017/18: Comeback of the big stars

Four great skiing ladies are working intensively on their return to the Ski World Cup, especially the Salzburg woman Anna Veith . The overall World Cup winner in 2014 and 2015 seriously injured her knee shortly before the start of the 2015/16 season. After a year's break and her wedding at Vigiljoch, Veith returned to the podium in the Super-G in Cortina in January 2017 with third place. The chronic inflammation of her injured knee then forced Veith to have another operation. The 3-year-old has been back on skis for a week.

Since the beginning of September lara gut their work tools under their feet again. The Swiss was injured in February during the World Ski Championships in St. Moritz. The 2015/16 overall World Cup winner will skip the giant slalom in Sölden at the end of October, but wants to make her comeback at the races in North America in mid-November.

The Austrians Eva Maria Brem and Cornelia Hütter have prepared for their return to the Ski World Cup with a summer training camp on the Stelvio Pass. Brem, the winner of the 2015/16 Giant Slalom World Cup, broke her tibia and fibula while training for the Levi slalom last November and had to miss the entire World Cup season. The speed specialist Cornelia Hütter tore a cruciate ligament in mid-January.

Two big comebacks for the men There will be two very exciting comebacks among the men: The Norwegian Axel Lund Svindal has had two years of epidemics; In January 2016, the horror crash on the Streif in Kitzbühel meant an early end. Last December, Svindal shone with second place in the downhill race in Val Gardena, and immediately afterwards the 2-year-old had another operation on his knee because his meniscus was causing problems. The 34-time World Cup winner is currently training with his teammates in South America; his planned comeback is in mid-November at the speed races in Lake Louise (Canada).

Already at the end of October in Sölden Ted Lighty be back at the start. “Mr. Giant Slalom” tore a cruciate ligament during training in January 2016. His comeback season the previous year, similar to Svindal, was already over in January: persistent pain in his left leg, which resulted in another operation.

On the way back too Matteo Marsaglia , the Super-G specialist was injured during the Olympic dress rehearsal in South Korea in February 2016. Marsaglia tore his cruciate ligament while training in South America a year ago while preparing for the comeback. The 32-year-old has been training on snow again since August. And also a Val Gardena specialist Steven Nyman After his bad crash on the Garmisch descent, he is planning his comeback in the speed competitions in North America.

At the top of the injured list is Veronika Velez-Zuzulova . The Slovakian slalom specialist suffered a knee injury while training in Argentina around two weeks ago. Tomorrow, Friday, the runner-up in the 2/2015 and 16/2016 Slalom World Cup will undergo surgery. The 17-year-old has not yet written off the 33 Olympics in South Korea. The Slovakian didn't start in Sochi 2018 because she tore her cruciate ligament in October 2014. The "Azzurre" are also not yet fully fit. Francesca Marsaglia , Elena Curtoni and Caroline Pichler from Petersberg.

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Ski World Cup 2017/18: Comeback of the big stars

The countdown is on for the World Cup opening in Sölden at the end of October. The upcoming Olympic winter is also the comeback season for several injured superstars. But there is also a prominent list of injuries this year.

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