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Season Over For Austria’s Reichelt, Career At Risk

Veteran alpine skier Hannes Reichelt has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a serious right knee injury in the World Cup downhill in Bormio, the Austrian ski federation confirmed on Sunday.

“The season is over prematurely for Reichelt,” the Austrian team said in a statement.

The 39-year-old former super-G world champion’s career now looks over as it was confirmed he suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and damage to the outer capsular ligament.

 

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Austrian Reichelt, who finished 12th in the first downhill on …