OlympicTalk · Oct 20, 2016
Alpine skiing women’s World Cup season preview
If the previous Alpine skiing season taught us anything, it’s that nobody is safe.
The three most decorated skiers all suffered knee injuries in crashes, missing part or all of the campaign.
Oct. 21: Austrian Anna Veith, the 2014 and 2015 World Cup overall champion, damages her right knee in a training crash, three days before the first race of the year. Veith misses the entire season.
Dec. 12: Mikaela Shiffrin, Olympic slalom champion, suffers right knee injuries in a light warm-up crash before a giant slalom in Sweden. Shiffrin misses two months of races, returning for the final month of the season.