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Valérie Grenier’s knee injury ends her ski season
Canadian skier Valérie Grenier had surgery on her right knee after an injury during training in Sölden, Austria.
Doctors reconstructed her anterior cruciate ligament and repaired her medial meniscus.
She said the operation went well and she expects to start putting weight on her leg soon.
The injury ends her season before it began, ruling her out of World Cup competition through March.
Knee injuries of this kind generally require about six months of rehabilitation before a skier can return to skiing.
Grenier was coming off a strong season, including a giant slalom victory in Norway and seventh place in the final standings for that discipline.
She is beginning rehabilitation and hopes to return to skiing, but no further return date is given.
Valérie Grenier’s right knee injury will keep her out of competition for the rest of the ski season.
The Canadian skier had surgery to reconstruct her anterior cruciate ligament and repair her medial meniscus.
She was injured during a training run in Sölden, Austria, on October 17.
Grenier said the operation went well and that she is motivated to begin rehabilitation.
The sources differ on whether she announced the surgery on Saturday or Sunday.
- Who
- Valérie Grenier, a Franco-Ontarian skier from Mont-Tremblant.
- What
- A right knee injury and surgery will end her ski season.
- When
- She was injured on October 17, 2026. The articles were published on October 24 and 25.
- Where
- She was injured on the Sölden course in Austria and had surgery in Laval.
- Why
- The injury required reconstruction of her anterior cruciate ligament and repair of her medial meniscus.
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Grenier injured her right knee during a training run on the Sölden course in Austria.
She underwent surgery in Laval.
Grenier announced the operation on social media; the sources give different days for the announcement.
- Injury date
- October 17, 2026
- Injury location
- Sölden, Austria
- Surgery
- Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and medial meniscus repair
- Surgery location
- Laval
- Expected season impact
- Out of competition through the end of the World Cup circuit in March
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What people are saying
As we feared, unfortunately we had to redo my anterior cruciate ligament in addition to repairing my medial meniscus.
The good news is that everything went very well.
I’m starting my rehabilitation with a lot of motivation and can’t wait to get back to what I love!