Tviberg injured during training run at Lake Louise

Attacking Viking Maria Therese Tviberg crashed during Tuesday’s downhill training run in Lake Louise, Canada, and was helicoptered off the hill. The Norwegian suffered an injury to her right knee. It is a suspected ACL tear, but she is returning to Norway for further evaluation.

“That (knee) is a trifle, but you get extremely upset,” Tviberg told NRK when considering the recent death of David Poisson. “Especially when you’ve been through it so many times before, it’s tough.”

This is Tviberg’s fourth knee injury–second in the right knee. Her best result in 2016-17 was a 10th-place result in the alpine combined in Crans Montana, Switzerland.

This is one of the people that’s always had my back since the day we meet. Right now things might be looking a little dark, but just like him I also have a hole stable of teammates, friends and a family keeping me together. And that’s all I need right now. Thanks for the kind words and messages it means a lot. ?

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