- I'm really sorry for her.

She fought back, she was slowly on her way back in shape in slalom again but unfortunately her season is over again, says the Austrian women's coach Christian Mitter to Kronen Zeitung.

Schild, little sister of slalom giant Marlies, suffered an injury during slalom training in Reiteralm, Austria, Austrian media reports.

It must be both a cruciate ligament and a meniscus injury.

She was operated on at a hospital in Innsbruck during the day.

Slalom specialist Schild has for many years been a profile in the World Cup where she was among the top ten in the slalom cup five times between 2013 and 2019. She has never won the World Cup but has been on the podium seven times.