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Her time had barely started on the giant of Semmering, the Austrian skier ended up on the ground after an unfortunate sequence leaving the starting gate.
SKI – There are days with… and days without. It is in the second category that the Austrian skier Katharina Huber was undoubtedly found this Saturday, December 28 during the giant of Semmering, in Austria.
Despite her advantage of skiing at home for the first round of the giant, the athlete who wore bib number 49 had a nightmarish start to the race which put an end to her participation. In question? An unexpected fall, right out of the gate. Which didn't even give him a chance to pass through the first door.
As you can see in the images below, Katharina Huber was knocked off balance from her first push. The fault of a straight stick who has visibly slippedmaking him cross his heels and end up on the ground a few moments later. A scene filmed live on Eurosportunder the stunned eyes of the commentators, sorry for the “ poor » Austrian competitor who risks “ end up in the end of year bloopers ».
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The height of bad luck for the Austrian, her fall literally ended in a camera, dragged into her fall as she reached the giant's first door. “ She went to eat the camera “, exclaimed one of the sports channel's commentators, before sincerely pitying the 29-year-old young woman for this unfortunate sequence.
At the end of the race, it was finally the Italian Federica Brignone who won, far ahead of the first French skier, Clara Diez, who settled for 26th place in Semmering.
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