BERN, Switzerland — Ski star Lara Gut-Behrami has damaged her left knee during training in the United States, the Swiss team said Friday, in what could potentially be a career-ending injury.

The 34-year-old Olympic champion in super-G and two-time overall World Cup winner has targeted the Winter Games in February in what she has said is her last season before retiring.

Gut-Behrami is returning to Switzerland for medical examinations after falling in super-G training Thursday at Copper Mountain in Colorado, the Swiss ski federation said in a statement.

Initial tests showed a left knee injury, the federation said without more details.

Gut-Behrami tore her left ACL at the 2017 world championships held on Swiss snow in St. Moritz when she crashed in warmups for the slalom run in the comb

See Full Page