Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal, who won a medal of every color at the 2010 Olympics, will miss Saturday’s World Cup downhill in Wengen, Switzerland, and possibly much more time due to a persistent knee injury.
“I’ve been struggling with the knee, and didn’t know what these next days would bring,” was posted on Svindal’s Facebook page Friday. “But now I know. I will not be able to race in Wengen tomorrow. Difficult decision, but hopefully the right one. Something is not OK in my knee, and I need to figure out exactly what it is so that that I can start skiing the way I want to again.