Alpine skiing Season over for French star Grange AFP News Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics
Alpine skiing Season over for French star Grange AFP News Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Search FranaisSign InEdit Profile930 pm PST Complete Schedule & Results 55 days to goFollow the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay Today Dec 19 Day 51Brampton ON Hamilton ONSee yesterdays highlights from Toronto ON Brampton ONThe Olympic Cauldron will be lit in VancouverFebruary 12 2010 Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games Alpine Skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh CrossCountry Skiing Curling Figure Skating Freestyle Skiing Ice Hockey Luge Nordic Combined Short Track Speed Skating Skeleton Ski Jumping Snowboard Speed Skating 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games Medals Results Schedule SportsSchedule and Results Historical Medals Legendary Athletes News Best of the Web Podcast Photos Videos Tickets Olympic Tickets How to Buy Tickets Ticket Prices International Ticket Sales Tickets FAQs The Olympic Store Spectator Guide Venues Celebrations and Ceremonies Transportation Accommodation At the Games Travelling to Canada Accessibility Consumer Awareness Buy Real Essential Contacts Spectator Information FAQs More 2010 Information Cultural Festivals and Events Sustainability Education Programs Aboriginal Participation Mascots Games and More Olympic Torch Relay Work and Volunteer Winter Games History About VANOC Media Centre Local Business Organization and Resident Information Paralympic Games Alpine Skiing Biathlon CrossCountry Skiing Ice Sledge Hockey Wheelchair Curling Schedule & Results Medals Athletes News Photos Videos Tickets Store Spectator Guide More 2010 Information Alpine skiing Season over for French star GrangeDec 8 2009Paris (AFP) Reigning World Cup slalom champion JeanBaptiste Grange will not compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics after being ruled out for the rest of the season injured his coach David Chastan told AFP on TuesdayThe 25yearold the top medal hope for the French alpine skiing team in Vancouver in February injured his right knee during the giant slalom in Beaver Creek Colorado on SundayHe ruptured his cruciate ligament That requires surgery the technical team coach explained He felt a crack on the fifth gate on the first leg in the giant slalom and as a precautionary measure didnt start the secondAfter Granges return from the United States he was under no illusions he already had the first diagnosis and we were awaiting the second added Chastan after they visited a specialist in LyonGrange has 13 podium finishes to his name including six World Cup wins and a bronze medal at the 2007 world championshipsThe French team will also be without giant slalom specialist Thomas Fanara who injured his left knee during a spectacular fall in the second leg of Sundays race Fanara underwent surgery on the same knee two years agoWere taking this in without panicking but its really unlucky Weve lost two important team members for Fran...