The accident happened during a training session in Sölden on Saturday afternoon and Svidnal is confirmed as suffering a torn Achilles tendon.
Svindal was in training in Sölden to prepare himself for next weekend's skiing World Cup which opens with the slalom competition. He was one of six Norwegian male alpinists set to compete.
Marc Jacob Strauss, team physician for the alpine skiers, advised Svindal must now train himself carefully over the next weeks and will most probably not be able to use his skis for the next three to four months.
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