Lukas Greiderer suffers an ankle injury

Lukas Greiderer injured his ankle during roller ski training this week. 
The Austrian fell while roller skiing on the bike path through a pebble that blocked one of the rollers and twisted his left ankle. During a more detailed examination on Tuesday, at the Hochrum Sanatorium, a collateral ligament tear in the left ankle was diagnosed.

The injury does not require surgery and can be treated conservatively, for which the 29-year-old has to wear a splint. With a training and competition break of about four weeks, the Olympic bronze medalist from Beijing will miss this year's Summer Grand Prix, which starts in Oberwiesenthal (GER) in ten days.

“Yesterday I had an unfortunate fall while skating and twisted my left ankle. It is very bitter that I tore my front outer ligament in the process. Now it's time for me to wear a splint and take a week's break from sports before I can start training again. It will definitely take four to six weeks before I am fully resilient again. Therefore, the Summer Grand Prix is over for me, although I was really looking forward to those competitions – it’s a pity. But it's better that something like that happens to me now in preparation than immediately before the season", explained Greiderer in a statement to the Austrian Ski Federation.

Source: ÖSV