Canada’s downhill world champion John Kucera will miss next year’s Vancouver Olympics after undergoing surgery to repair a badly broken left leg.

Kucera underwent successful surgery on Sunday after he earlier fractured the tibia and fibula in his left leg in a crash during the season-opening World Cup super-G in Lake Louise.

American skier Resi Stiegler is out for the Olympic season after breaking two bones in her left leg in a crash in giant slalom training, the US Ski Team said Friday.

Stiegler, a 2006 Olympian, had surgery to repair her broken tibia and femur.

“This was a serious injury for Resi, but her spirit is strong,” US Ski Team medical director Richard Quincy said in a statement. “One of the first things she asked was if she could be ready for on-snow camp in New Zealand next summer.”