Alpine skiing: Olympic downhill champion Goggia to miss world championships


FILE PHOTO: Alpine Skiing - Women's Giant Slalom - Kranjska Gora, Slovenia - January 17, 2021 Italy's Sofia Goggia in action REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic/File Photo

(Reuters) - Italy's Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia will miss her home world championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo after suffering a knee injury in Germany at the weekend.

The Italian ski federation (FISI) said after scans in Milan that the season was over for the 28-year-old, who has won the last four women's World Cup downhills and would have been a favourite in Cortina.

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