The worst was feared and unfortunately arrived. Sofia Goggia will miss the Cortina World Ski Championships (February 8-21) due to Sunday’s crash in Garmisch. Sofia was alone and was descending on the track destined to return to the valley in case of cancellation (the super-G was postponed to Monday due to fog), she found a corner where there was wet snow, was hampered by a lump, ‘stuck and the knee has had the abnormal twist. She was immediately taken to the valley with a toboggan, the Italian doctors preferred not to transfer her to hospital in Germany due to the Covid emergency.
After returning immediately to Italy, she was subjected to magnetic resonance imaging and computed axial tomography at the La Madonnina clinic in Milan by doctors Herbert Schoenhuber and Andrea Panzeri of the Medical Commission of the Ski Federation who showed a compound fracture of the plate. lateral tibialis of the right knee.
In the next few days the exact recovery times will be assessed, Goggia will skip the World Championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo which will start on Monday 8 February and the rehabilitation process will begin in view of the resumption of competitive activity.
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