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Janica Kostelic to miss ski season

 

Janica Kostelic to miss ski season

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(Article courtesy of Yahoo Sports)

Olympic ski champion Janica Kostelic will miss the entire World Cup season because of thyroid and knee problems.

(Article courtesy of Yahoo Sports)

Olympic ski champion Janica Kostelic will miss the entire World Cup season because of thyroid and knee problems.

Kostelic has had four knee operations in the past 10 months, the most recent one in October. The defending World Cup champion disclosed her thyroid condition in November.

``Janica won't be back this season,' spokesman Ozren Mueller told The Associated Press on Saturday. ``She will now do everything needed to solve her thyroid and knee problems.'

She was on the slopes Dec. 16 at Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, as a forerunner, a skier that tests the course. That worsened her knee problem and she canceled another appearance as a forerunner the following day. She subsequently sought medical help in Austria.

Kostelic became the first Alpine skier to win four medals at a single Olympics, taking three golds and a silver at the Salt Lake City Games.
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