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Hilary Knight won Olympic ice hockey gold with torn MCL: ‘I’m not walking around the best’

Hilary Knight celebrates her gold medal in Milan.
Hilary Knight celebrates her gold medal in Milan. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

Hilary Knight revealed on Monday that she led the US women’s ice hockey team to gold at last month’s Olympics while suffering from a torn medial collateral ligament (MCL) in one of her knees.

“I’m not walking around the best, and I’m missing a few games for the [PWHL’s] Seattle Torrent,” Knight said on CBS Mornings. “To be able to play through injury was definitely a mental sort of gymnastic challenge for myself and also physical, but we’ve got some amazing support staff that did their best to get me out there and perform at my best – as best as I could.”

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