Sweden’s Fjaellstroem injures knee in Saas Fee

By Published On: September 16th, 2014Comments Off on Sweden’s Fjaellstroem injures knee in Saas Fee
"Monne" Fjaellstroem at the 2014 Flachau World Cup. GEPA/Harald Steiner

“Monne” Fjaellstroem at the 2014 Flachau World Cup. GEPA/Harald Steiner

Swedish technical skier Magdalena “Monne” Fjaellstroem injured her left knee during slalom training in Saas Fee, Switzerland Tuesday morning.

It is unclear how serious the injury is, but further information will be available later in the week. Fjaellstroem will be flown home to Sweden on Thursday and will undergo an MRI on Friday.

The Swedish women’s team is currently conducting its training camp on the glacier in Saas Fee. During Tuesday’s slalom session, Fjaellstroem was injured on the third run.

“She was a little far back, got rotation in her left knee, and it was then that it hurt,” said head women’s coach Fredrik Steinwall.

Doctors in Switzerland made an initial survey of the damage, but it is still too early to make an accurate diagnosis. The examination on Friday in Umeå with national team physician Per Liljeholm will determine how the future of this season looks for Fjaellstroem.

She had five scoring World Cup results last season and also celebrated two top-20 finishes after honing in on slalom beyond the Soelden opener. The 19-year-old rising talent was the slalom Junior World Champion in 2013.

“To speculate leads nowhere. We will be told on Friday the type of injury and how severe it is, and after that, we know what applies to Monne,” added Steinwall.

Release courtesy of SSF

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