Joana Hählen suffers a torn cruciate ligament in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Ski star will soon be competing in the World Cup without cruciates in both knees.
Despite the bitter diagnosis, the 32-year-old will not have an operation. There is even hope that she will be able to compete again this winter. For the speed specialist, it is the next setback in a career marked by serious injuries. After the last tear in her left knee in 2018, she decided not to have anoperation and described this step as ‘perhaps the best decision of my life’