Skiing champion Aksel Lund Svindal is undergoing testicular cancer surgery

Norway-Aksel Lund Svindal, a two-time Olympic ski champion, underwent surgery after being diagnosed with testicular cancer

Svindal, 39, announced his retirement from skiing after winning a silver medal in his final downhill race at the World Championships in re, Sweden, in February 2019

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He won the super-G at the 2010 Vancouver Games and the downhill at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, giving him four Olympic medals

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won the World Cup overall title in 2006-07 and 2008-09.

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His 36 World Cup race victories tie him for seventh place on the all-time men's list with Austria's Benjamin Raich

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Svindal broke bones in his face and sliced open his groin and abdomen in November 2007

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a bad crash while downhill training in Beaver Creek, Colorado But he quickly returned to being one of the top competitors on the circuit

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Skiing champion Aksel Lund Svindal is undergoing testicular cancer surgery

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