(Reuters) - Austrian ski jumper Eva Pinkelnig will miss the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy in February after suffering a heavy fall in competition on Thursday, the Austrian Ski Association has confirmed.
On landing, she appeared to twist her ankle and crashed, grimacing in pain as she slid to the bottom of the hill.
The Austrian Ski Association added that tests confirmed she had torn her cruciate ligament and damaged her meniscus, injuries that would require surgery, effectively ending the season for the 37-year-old.
The crash occurred in Predazzo, the hill set to host the Olympic medal events.
Pinkelnig won a World Cup event as recently as January and was overall World Cup winner in the 2022-23 season.
At the World Championships in Trondheim earlier this year, she collected silver and bronze in the team competitions.
(Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk; Editing by Joe Bavier)
