Nyberg injured in crash; career could be over

Swedish veteran Fredrik Nyberg crashed while training super G on the Reiter Alm near Liezen, Austria, on Friday. Nyberg reportedly got entangled in a gate at high speed. He was airlifted to a Salzberg clinic after tearing the ACL and MCL ligaments in his knee and sustaining a concussion.

 
SWEDISH VETERAN Fredrik Nyberg crashed while training super G on the Reiter Alm near Liezen, Austria, on Friday. Nyberg reportedly got entangled in a gate at high speed. He was airlifted to a Salzberg clinic after tearing the ACL and MCL ligaments in his knee and sustaining a concussion.
    Swedish team coach Mathias Eriksson told Swedish news agency TT, "He is done now. He has said the World Championships in Are [scheduled to begin Feb. 3] was going to be his last competition." He is 37.
    A season ago, Nyberg became the oldest man to earn a World Cup podium placing. He was six days shy of his 37th birthday when he placed third in the World Cup GS at Are in March.
    A five-time Olympian, Nyberg came close to medals at Sestriere in February, finishing fifth in GS, and was fourth in the 1999 World Championship GS at Vail.
    He had been eyeing the title meet in his home country as a suitable swan-song event. He accumulated seven World Cup victories, all in GS, the first in 1990 and the last in 2001 at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. He registered three podium placings last season: second at Adelboden Jan. 7, second at Yongpyong March 5 and at Are March 17.