World Cup downhill and super-G champion, Renate Goetschl, had an operation on her knee yesterday, missing the slalom. It transpires that she broke her right tibia and tore the cartilage in her right knee when she fell during downhill training on March 1st in Tarvisio, Italy. Since then, she has carried on racing, even winning twice and once gaining second place. ...She has been taking painkillers in order to keep going. She will now need to rest her leg until May.