ÖSV lady returns

A knee operation as a successful investment

Michelle Niederwieser raced straight into the points in only her second World Cup race - before she was stopped by an injury.(Bild: GEPA pictures)

Last season, the World Cup race weekend in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, proved to be extremely brutal. US superstar Mikaela Shiffrin, Swiss skiers Corine Suter and Joanna Hählen, as well as Canadian Valerie Grenier left the Tofana for hospital. And an Austrian also had to end her season prematurely after a fall in Cortina.

"I see this operation as an investment in my future, as I ultimately want to continue skiing for longer," said Michelle Niederwieser on February 21, two days before her operation at the Hochrum Private Clinic.