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Sports Briefing | Winter Sports: Ski Jumper’s Legs Are Paralyzed

Related Topics: Ski jumping, Paralysis, Austria

The Austrian ski jumper Lukas Müller has been left partly paralyzed after a crash during practice for the ski flying world championships, doctors said. Müller, 23, cannot move his legs and sustained an “incomplete paraplegia” after the accident, which happened Wednesday during training in Tauplitz, Austria.

u25a0 Kjetil Jansrud edged ahead of his Norwegian teammate Aksel Lund Svindal to win a World Cup combined event in Wengen, Switzerland. Jansrud beat Svindal, the first-run leader, by 0.04 of a second. (AP)

u25a0 Veronika Velez Zuzulova of Slovakia won her second straight World Cup night slalom with a blistering second run in Flachau, Austria.