CNN —Sofia Goggia has become the latest skier to suffer a serious injury this season, after the Italian star broke her leg during a training crash on Monday.
In a statement on Monday, the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) said Goggia underwent “perfectly successful” surgery on a “displaced joint fracture” on her right leg.
Goggia is the reigning World Cup downhill champion and is currently leading this season’s competition.
“Another injury that interrupts my chase after a new Downhill World Cup title,” Goggia said in the FISI statement.
It’s also another incident involving a World Cup skier this season.
Persons:
CNN — Sofia Goggia, Goggia, “, ” Goggia, It’s, Mikaela Shiffrin, –, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde
Organizations:
CNN —, Winter Sports Federation, Eurosport
Locations:
Ponte di Legno, Italy