Lara Gut-Behrami fell badly during training in North America.
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Concern for Lara Gut-Behrami – she fell badly during training.
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Mathias GermannReporter Sport
Concern for Lara Gut-Behrami! According to Blick information, the 34-year-old falls badly while training in Copper Mountain (USA). We’re talking about a concussion. But also from a possible cruciate ligament tear and meniscus damage. The Ticino native will set off for Switzerland on Friday. More detailed investigations should follow here. If the doctors confirm fears of a serious injury to the left knee, it would probably be the end of Gut-Behrami’s career.
The Ticino woman had always emphasized that she would hang up her skis after this winter. And since tearing her cruciate ligament in 2017, she said she doesn’t want to seriously injure herself again. Perhaps the latter has now happened after all. But what actually led to the fatal crash at the speed training camp in the US state of Colorado?
Bad visibility in Copper Mountain?
According to initial reports, the visibility was not particularly good. The whole thing could have happened like this: Gut-Behrami drove too close to a goal and got his hand stuck. Then a wave followed. Gut-Behrami fell.
Countless teams are currently using the training track at Copper Mountain to prepare for the upcoming races. Also the team of speed trainer Stefan Abplanalp. This overseas camp is even more important for the women this season because the first descent will not take place in North America as usual, but rather on December 12th in St. Moritz GR. Good training is even more important. That’s exactly what Copper Mountain makes possible – here the speed course can be ridden in race mode for up to one and a half minutes.
Swiss-Ski has now confirmed the report. If Gut-Behrami actually seriously injured his knee, it would be the end of a unique career: two overall World Cup victories, seven small crystal balls, plus Olympic and World Cup gold. Gut-Behrami won everything there was to win. With 48 World Cup victories, she is number 2 in the Swiss women’s ranking behind Vreni Schneider (55 victories).
