PARIS :Freestyle skier Flora Tabanelli's preparations for the 2026 Winter Olympics on home snow took a hit when the teenage world champion suffered a suspected knee injury training in Austria, the Italian Winter Sports Federation said on Wednesday.

Tabanelli, 17, fell heavily while landing a jump during a slopestyle training session in Stubai, where the national World Cup team is holding a camp, FISI said in a statement.

The world and World Cup big air champion sustained what is feared to be a sprained right knee.

She will undergo medical tests in the coming hours at the “La Madonnina” clinic in Milan.

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