Italy's Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia will miss her home world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo after suffering a knee injury in Germany at the weekend.
FILE PHOTO: Alpine Skiing - Women's Giant Slalom - Kranjska Gora, Slovenia - January 17, 2021 Italy's Sofia Goggia in action REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic/File PhotoREUTERS: Italy's Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia will miss her home world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo after suffering a knee injury in Germany at the weekend.
The Italian ski federation said after scans in Milan that the season was over for the 28-year-old, who has won the last four women's World Cup downhills and would have been a favourite in Cortina.Goggia is also leading the World Cup downhill standings, 195 points clear of American Breezy Johnson.FISI said Goggia sustained a compound fracture of the right knee after a fall in Garmisch-Partenkirchen while skiing back down to the valley after a Super-G race was postponed due to fog.
Goggia missed the 2014 Sochi Olympics as a result of a cruciate ligament tear and had to end last season early due to a compound fracture of her left arm.
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