Knee Surgery Information

The 2006 olympics has seen many athletes go down with Knee Injuries or because of Knee Surgery were unable to participate.

Here are a few of the athletes that had Knee Injuries:

Canadian Hockey Player Scott Neidermayer misses olympics due to Knee Surgery 

USA Snowboarder Jayson Hale tore ligaments in his right knee during Olympic training Tuesday and will miss the snowboardcross race later in the week.

Kjetil Andre Aamodt of Norway, the defending champion in the Olympic men’s skiing combined event, has pulled out of Tuesday’s race with a knee injury.

 

 

 USA ‘s Alisa Camplin suffers Knee Injury

 

 

 Lindsey Kildow, a 21-year-old from Colorado and a leading U.S. Alpine medal hope, spent last night in a trauma center in Turin, having escaped serious injury after suffering a nasty crash on a wreck-filled day of downhill training in nearby San Sicario yesterday.

Canada’s Dedrie Dionne Suffers Knee Injury

 

 

 

More Knee Injuries in the Olympics:

Norway’s Kjetil Andre Aamodt missed the men’s combined event Tuesday because of a painful knee injury. Aamodt, the defending Olympic gold combined winner, was hurt during the downhill race on Sunday, injuring his knee early during a jump. He was able to complete the race and nearly won a medal, finishing fourth. The veteran is expected to return to the slopes for the super-G on Saturday.

 

American skier Lindsey Kildow was released from a hospital Tuesday after spending the night for observation following her crash during training for the women’s downhill. Despite a bruised hip and other soreness, she will be on the official start list for the downhill on Wednesday. Kildow was hurt Monday. She caught an edge heading into a jump and landed with her legs split apart, then fell hard on her hip and slid into the protective netting. After being stabilized and taken off the slope on a sled, Kildow was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Torino. Tests revealed a severe hip contusion, but x-rays and CT-scans were normal. She was walking around Monday afternoon.

Caroline Lalive is out of the Games after suffering a knee injury in a crash last month, and Kristina Koznick is uncertain if she’ll be able to compete in the Feb. 22 slalom after she partially tore ligaments in a knee.

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