Heavy fall! World champion Haaser fights back with bloody teeth

Heavy fall! World champion Haaser fights back with bloody teeth

Hafjell, Norwegen - A severe fall has brought the Austrian giant slalom world champion Raphael Haaser to the focus of sports reporting in the past few days. The 27-year-old fell in Hafjell in Norwegian eight days ago and had to undergo an urgent three-hour operation. In this accident, Haaser lost three teeth and suffered considerable facial injuries. Bloodlessly, he fought his way bleeding into the target area and held his opened lip with his hand in front of his face, like OE24.at reported.

his girlfriend, the German ski racer Fabiana Dorigo, shared a photo of Haaser's injured face on Instagram and caused a sensation. She wrote humorously that she was trying to collect money for new teeth. For example, she earned about 650 Swiss francs (around 673 euros) at the European Cup giant slalom in Oppdal, which symbolically accompanied the support for Haaser's dental treatment. According to Today.at , however, is optimistic. Although he cannot take part in the competition for recovery, he plans to start again at the World Cup final in Sun Valley Us.

Haaser is expected to become the dentist again until June, since the lost teeth were replaced by implants. He showed himself combative and confessed that the painful incident was a great challenge for him: "It was a challenge to get the last remnants out of his mouth with the three teeth." The emotion and courage of the ski star to continue is unmistakable and continues to grow the relevance of this story in sport.