News from Alexis Pinturault. After his fall during the Super-G and his serious injury to his left knee, the 32-year-old Frenchman will be operated on early next week at the Jean-Mermoz private hospital in Lyon.
The winner of the big crystal globe in 2021 suffers from “a rupture of the cruciate ligaments and an injury to the internal meniscus of the left knee”, indicates the French Ski Federation (FFS) in a press release. The choice for the operation was made after his appointment this Monday with Doctor Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet.
” I’ll be back “
The French skier had already wanted to reassure his fans this Saturday, the day after his fall. Alexis Pinturault had published on his Instagram account a photo of himself, accompanied by his baby, Olympe, a little girl born a week ago. “The best painkiller,” he wrote, in reference to his daughter, before thanking his audience for the messages of support and affirming, Terminator style, that he would come back (“I’ll be back “).
As a reminder, the 32-year-old Frenchman had started this season a shift towards speed disciplines for the end of his career, giving up slalom to devote himself to downhill and super-G. The best active record on the men’s circuit with 34 World Cup successes, he achieved his first Top 10 in downhill on Thursday, taking a fine 9th place upon his discovery of the Lauberhorn in Wengen.
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