{"id":7308,"date":"2026-01-02T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7308"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:50:00","slug":"liensberger-to-miss-olympics-after-latest-serious-skiing-accident-winter-olympics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7308","title":{"rendered":"Liensberger to miss Olympics after latest serious skiing accident | Winter Olympics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Austria\u2019s Katharina Liensberger to miss Milano Cortina Winter Games after knee injury in alpine skiing training fall.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 2 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">2 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Austria\u2019s 2022 \u200cOlympic slalom silver medallist Katharina Liensberger will \u200dmiss the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics after suffering a serious knee injury in a training crash.<\/p>\n<p>The Austrian Ski Association said Liensberger would have surgery on Friday after medical examinations revealed a fracture \u200bof the tibial plateau, a torn meniscus \u200dand a medial collateral ligament injury in her right knee.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Austrian media said the 28-year-old slalom specialist\u2019s season was over after the \u200dcrash in \u2060St Michael a month before the Olympics start in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Liensberger won a team gold and slalom silver in Beijing and was slalom world champion in 2021. She won a slalom bronze at last year\u2019s championships on home snow in \u200bSaalbach.<\/p>\n<p>At Cortina, she would have been \u200cup against American great Mikaela Shiffrin, the most successful World Cup skier of all time. She has won the last six World \u200cCup slaloms and five this season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4210206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4210206\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4210206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-10-28T114209Z_1258432503_UP1ELAS0WI8D6_RTRMADP_3_OLYMPICS-2026-AUSTRIA-1767382333.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C499&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Winter Olympics - 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics - Austrian Olympic Committee presents 2026 Winter Olympics Uniforms\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4210206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olympic champion alpine skier Katharina Liensberger appears at the launch of Austria\u2019s new Winter Olympics uniform before the 2026 Games [Leonhard Foeger\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The women are racing in Kranjska Gora, \u200cSlovenia, this weekend with a giant \u2060slalom on Saturday and slalom on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Liensberger has been added to a list of top women\u2019s skiers to have suffered serious injuries in the \u200crun-up to the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Three Swiss Olympic champions \u2013 Michelle Gisin, Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter \u2013 have been sidelined in \u200dtraining incidents with the first two ruled out of the Games.<\/p>\n<p>After the death of Italian skier Matteo Franzoso in a training accident in Chile in September, concerns were raised, primarily about how to limit risks in the high-speed sport.<\/p>\n<p>Shiffrin added to the debate at the start of the Olympic ski season a month later, stating: \u201cWe are often training in conditions where the variables are just too many to control and you have to decide sometimes: Is this unreasonably dangerous?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austria\u2019s Katharina Liensberger to miss Milano Cortina Winter Games after knee injury in alpine skiing training fall. 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