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Sofia Goggia, Olympic downhill champion, to miss world championships

Italian Sofia Goggia, the Olympic downhill champion and top-ranked downhiller this season, will miss the world championships that start next week after suffering a right knee fracture in a Sunday crash.

Goggia fell while skiing after Sunday’s World Cup super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, was postponed to Monday due to fog.

She suffered a compound fracture of the lateral tibial plateau, according to the Italian federation.

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