From the start, the Super-G in Bormio (Italy) was marked by a terrible image, two days after the impressive fall of Cyprien Sarrazin, finally operated on for an intracranial hematoma on Saturday December 28. With his bib number 1, Gino Caviezel got the ball rolling, and violently fell after hitting a door.
Evacuated by helicopter
Caviezel then began a long slide over tens of meters before stopping on the track, immediately surrounded by trainers. It was finally by helicopter that the 32-year-old Swiss left the Bormio track, after a long break from racing.
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The Bormio slope is in the eye of many players in international alpine skiing. After criticism from several skiers, including Frenchman Nils Allègre who believed that the Italian organizers “ don’t deserve to have the Olympics here », the boss of the men’s alpine skiing World Cup brushed aside criticism of the preparation of the track.
« The organizers do their best to prepare the slopes as best as possible and (the Stelvio) was prepared as it is every year », declared Markus Waldner. This frightening new image is enough to put a coin back into the machine.
