I’m skiing without thinking about my knee, which I really haven’t done since I first tore my ACL in 2013.
“And I’m not aware of any other elite-level athletes in other sports competing with one, either.”Panzeri performs knee replacements.
But he had never even thought about doing one on a World Cup skier — until he saw Vonn competing with one.
“Partial prosthetics, like the half-knee ones, are definitely the ones that offer the best performance and we’re seeing that (with Vonn),” Panzeri said.
“There was not a lot of research out there with high-level athletes and partial knee replacements,” Knight said.
Persons:
Lindsey Vonn, it’s, ” Vonn, Moritz, “, Vonn, Martin Roche, ”, “ I’ve, Andrea Panzeri, Sofia Goggia, ” Panzeri, Andy Murray, Julia Mancuso, ” Mancuso, Lindsey, Panzeri, ” Lindsey Vonn, Jean, Christophe Bott, Tommy John, Elan Goldwaser, ” Goldwaser, Chris Knight, ” Knight, Lindsey’s, hasn’t, you’re, who’s, Paul Kristofic, “ I’m, ” Kristofic, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Anton
Organizations:
Switzerland AP, Associated Press, —, AP, Keystone, Columbia University Medical Center, US Ski Team, Ski Team
Locations:
Moritiz, Switzerland, St, South Florida, Moritz, Swiss, Austria