On Friday had Vincent Kriechmayr celebrated his second place in the Super-G in Wengen. During the descent on Saturday, the Upper Austrian crouched in pain in the snow.
At the Target-S It pushed the 2021 double world champion backwards and he became a plaything of the forces. Kriechmayr crashed into the barrier with full force and initially lay there, dazed.
Right knee injury?
After the initial shock, the Upper Austrian got up. He got one on impact bloody nose fetched. Later, Kriechmayr slid to the finish on one ski, but suffered some weight in the process his right knee not. The 33-year-old was apparently limping at the finish.
-The images raise fears that Vincent Kriechmayr may have been more seriously injured. That would be a bitter setback and enormous loss for the Austrian ski team with a view to the home World Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.
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