 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwemwaka wa1996, akadonha zvakaoma mukumhanya kwekudzidzira kwakadzika mukutanga kwaDecember paVal-dIsère, nzvimbo yekukunda kwake chete Mukombe weNyika makore mana apfuura. Akatambura kubvaruka kweanterior cruciate ligament ACL, pamwe nekumwe kukuvara kwakabatana nebvi rake rekuruboshwe, izvo zvakapedza mwaka wake, kusanganisira World ChampionshipsmuSierra Nevada, kuSpain. Pashure pokuvhiyiwa uye mwedzi mitanhatu yokugadzirisazve, Kitt akadzoka nokuda kwemwaka wa1997. Zvasara zvebasa rake zvakaona mugumisiro mumwe chete wepamusoro-10, akawanda epamusoro-20 uye zvakawanda zvekushungurudzika. Kitt akarwisana nekukuvara kwemusana mumwaka wake wokupedzisira miviri uye akarega basa muna March 1998. 