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Ilka Stuhec in Press Conference after surgery at Basel
Alpine skiing downhill 2017 world champion, Slovenian athlete Ilka Stuhec gives a press conference after undergoing knee surgery at Basel's university hospital on October 27, 2017. Downhill world champion Ilka Stuhec looks set to miss February's Winter Olympics after tearing knee ligaments in practice on Sunday, her agent revealed. The 26-year-old was on hot form last season, winning the crystal globe in the downhill World Cup and silver in the Super-G at the world championships as well as her world title in the downhill. (Photo by Damjan Zibert/NurPhoto)