A mere 12 days before the start of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Utah alpine skier Steven Nyman received official news that the most untimely — and unlucky — of injuries will keep him from his fourth straight Olympic Games appearance.
U.S. Ski and Snowboard announced Monday that the 35-year-old from Provo, who grew up skiing on the runs at Sundance Resort, suffered a torn ACL in his right knee during a training run last Thursday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Nyman suffered the injury on nearly the exact same date on the exact same course as last year’s season-ending knee injury in Garmisch that resulted in a torn ACL, MCL and PCL tear in his left knee.