Story highlights Svindal suffers season-ending injurySecond knee surgery in 12 months(CNN) A year after sustaining a serious knee injury on the slopes, champion skier Aksel Lund Svindal is coming to terms with another season-ending blow. "Here we go again," the Norwegian said on his Facebook page Tuesday, accompanied by a picture of him recuperating after surgery. The bad part is that it's back to the crutches and no more skiing this winter." JUST WATCHED Dramatic crashes in Kitzbühel downhill race Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Dramatic crashes in Kitzbühel downhill race 02:52Svindal was second in December's downhill race at Val Gardena. In January 2016, Svindal ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee after a nasty fall during a race in Kitzbuhel, Austria.

Source: CNN January 17, 2017 15:05 UTC