Bitter diagnosis: Ski ace is seriously injured and has to end the season. The diagnosis is a torn cruciate ligament and a bone bruise on the shinbone.

The 28-year-old will be out for a long time and will have to work in rehab for his comeback. Raposo was the first ski racer that Olympic champion Marcel Hirscher signed. After his retirement, the Austrian ski legend built his own ski brand Van Deer and started with Charlie Raposo.