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Alpine skiing Kucera undergoes surgery will miss Olympics 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 Kucera undergoes surgery will miss OlympicsNov 30 2009Lake Louise (AFP) Reigning world downhill champion John Kucera will not compete for Canada in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics after suffering a broken leg in Sundays World Cup SuperG race officials saidThe 25yearold Canadian underwent surgery Sunday night at nearby Banff Mineral Springs Hospital after fracturing the tibia and fibula in his left legJohn Kucera is known as a ski racer with a determined approach to achieving his goals We are confident that he will set about his rehabilitation process the same way that he has approached his career on the slopes said Canadian ski team spokesman Max GartnerKucera had his skis slip out from under him Sunday as he tried to negotiate a hairpin turn on the Fallaway part of the SuperG course on Lake Louises Whitehorn Mountain Canadian team doctors said he would need surgery on the broken left legThe race was delayed for about 30 minutes while Kucera was loaded into a basket and airlifted off the course by a helicopter which took him to the medical clinic at the base of the mountain Kucera won the downhill at last years World Championships in Val dIsere beating out Swiss veteran Didier CucheKucera who started from the 16th position Sunday placed sixth in Saturdays first d...