She was taken to hospital following head trauma.
French skier Clara Direz underwent reassuring medical examinations after suffering head trauma during a fall on Saturday at the end of the Semmering giant in Austria, the French Ski Federation (FFS) said on the X network.
Clara Direz lost her balance at the very end of the descent and fell on her head in the finish area after crossing the line with the 26th time, 3 sec 89/100 behind the winner, the Italian Federica Brignone.
“(She) was transported to hospital following head trauma. All the medical assessments carried out on site are reassuring,” declared the FFS, specifying that the 29-year-old skier from Sallanches ” would join the French team at the hotel on Saturday evening.
Victim of a fall during the giant of Semmering in Austria today,
Clara Direz was taken to hospital following head trauma.
All the medical assessments carried out on site are reassuring.
She will go out this evening to join the French team at…— FFS – French Ski Federation (@FedFranceSki) https://twitter.com/FedFranceSki/status/1873047389394657409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“It is planned that she will follow an adapted protocol for the coming days,” adds Doctor Stéphane Bulle, doctor of the French alpine ski team, in the press release.
This accident occurs the day after the heavy fall of French skier Cyprien Sarrazin, in Bormio in Italy. Suffering from a “subdural hematoma”, he was operated on Friday evening. He “is awake and conscious”, announced the French Ski Federation (FFS) on Saturday. Adding that “his condition is stable” and that he will be “kept under observation for an as yet undetermined period.”