Genier has crashed on Cortina course before
Grenier has had experience herself with crashing on the Cortina d’Ampezzo course.
In July 2024, while appearing to correct her trajectory to avoid a gate, Grenier lost an edge and was propelled into the air before falling heavily onto the track. She was taken off the course by toboggan after receiving lengthy medical treatment.
In a social media post at the time, Grenier reported sustaining a fractured humerus, a torn anterior cruciate ligament and partial medial collateral ligament tear — and needed multiple surgeries.
The incident conjured memories of her horrific crash in February 2019 during a training run at the alpine world championships in Åre, Sweden. She broke her right leg in four places and her right ankle travelling about 130 kilometres per hour.
Grenier needed a second surgery five months later when the bone wasn’t healing properly.
She was back on skis Oct. 17, 2020 following multiple surgeries, physiotherapy and COVID-19, finishing 25th in GS in Sölden, Austria.
-With files from The Canadian Press