Olympia 2018: Cruciate ligament tear at Roland Leitinger

Olympic outfit for Roland Leitinger: The World Championships runner-up in giant slalom tore his cruciate ligament in his right knee on Thursday during free skiing on the Reiteralm in a fall.

Thus, the 26-year-old Austrian falls for the Winter Games in Pyeongchang (9th place). till 25. There is no right time for an injury, but this is incredibly bitter,”said Leitinger, who was operated on Thursday evening in Innsbruck.

The technician had already torn the cruciate ligament in his left knee, and he also suffered a fracture of the right ankle bone. He therefore missed most of the winters 2011/12 and 2012/13. This season, he was far below his abilities and had not even made it into the top 10 in the five starts of the World Cup.