By Associated Press
Norwegian ski star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde will miss the entire 2024-25 season because his injured left shoulder requires surgery again, nine months after he crashed badly in a downhill in Switzerland.
Kilde said in a statement from the Norwegian ski federation Wednesday that he needs “another surgery to fully fix the shoulder. This unfortunately means I won’t be competing this winter.”
The 32-year-old Kilde, a two-time Olympic medalist who has won 21 World Cup races and took the 2019-20 overall title, had surgery to repair a severe cut and nerve damage in his right calf, plus two torn ligaments in his shoulder, after a terrifying crash near the finish of a downhill in Wengen in January.
Kilde went back on skis in June, but his recovery suffered a setback the following month due to an infection in his shoulder “that caused some complications,” he said. “After 10 weeks of
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