Steven Nyman, the active U.S. leader in World Cup downhill wins, tore his right Achilles in a training crash and had surgery earlier this week in Mt. Hood, Ore.
“I am moving forward,” was posted on Nyman’s social media. “I’ve been through this before and have full intention to comeback [sic] and compete through the next Olympics.”
Nyman raced in three Olympics and owns three World Cup downhill victories.
He turns 40 during the next Winter Games in Beijing in 2022, when he will be three and a half years older than any previous U.