Season over for Nina Gardens-Løseth

It informs landslagslege Marc Strauss to NTB on Saturday evening.

Nina has just been inside for the operation. There is no båndskader, but she had fracture in her knee.

Thus, she goes missing out of the alpine ski world CHAMPIONSHIPS in the Swedish Åre in February. The next few weeks must be Delighted-Løseth stay on to hobble on crutches. When she returns home to Norway, starting opptreningen on the olympia top.

– It will take three months before she can train fully again. Now, she is in the hospital for a few days before returning back home to Norway, " says Strauss.

of good cheer

He spoke with the Spjelkavik-mountaineer right before the surgery.

– She is in good spirits. This is very kjipt, but she is unruffled. She is "happy" with that the circumstances are as they are.

According to Strauss could kneskaden been far worse.

Gardens-Løseth has previously struggled with congestion. The damage she Saturday was the most serious she has ever had.

Crashed in the several ports

Sunnmøringen opened Saturday's slalom a bit aloof and lost a lot of time down the hill. She was 1,34 second behind Mikaela Shiffrin at the last intermediate time before it went wrong in one of the last gates before the finish.

Gardens-Løseth hooked in a port, lost the left ski and crashed into several other ports. She struck the right knee hard into one of the ports, and cried of pain. She got up and walked out of the target area with the support of the medical personnel while she smiled bravely.

Shiffrin won finally verdenscuprennet.

(NTB)

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