The Swiss Gymnastics Federation gave an update on Giulia Steingruber’s knee injury: the gymnast tore her ACL and damaged her meniscus and tibia. Steingruber will, unfortunately, miss the rest of the season as she is supposed to be out of training for 9 months. This puts the Swiss WAG team chances to qualify a team to the 2019 Worlds in danger as the team heavily relied on Steingruber’s scores on all four events.
Schlechte Nachrichten für @GSteingruber! Die Befürchtungen eines Risses des vorderen Kreuzbandes am linken Knie haben sich im heutigen MRI leider bestätigt. Die 24-Jährige fällt somit für längere Zeit aus. #SwissGymnasticsTeam @FIG @UEG https://t.co/srwKbxqbwS pic.twitter.com/G8nWq1754m
— Schweiz. Turnverband (@swissgymnastics) July 9, 2018
Confirmed: Steingruber suffered a torn ACL, damage to her meniscus and tibia as well. Another MRI to follow tomorrow. 9 months to fully recover, according to @swissgymnastics. @GymCastic @eurogymblog
— David Wiederkehr (@DavidWiederkehr) July 9, 2018
