Heavy fall on the Stelvio: Sarrazin in mortal danger?

Heavy fall on the Stelvio: Sarrazin in mortal danger?

In a dramatic incident during the final training in Bormio, several ski athletes have fallen heavily. Last year's winner Cyprien Sarrazin, who positioned himself in the first descent on the dreaded Stelvio slope, suffered a subdural hematoma in his fall, a kind of brain hemorrhage. After a violent impact, the 30-year-old had to be removed by rescue helicopter. According to information from Today. He is currently in medical care in Italy.

cyprien Sarrazin was not the only victim of the training. The Italian Pietro Zazzi also had to be removed with the helicopter after a severe fall. Zazzi experienced how his colleague Josua Mettler, who also fell, came to the finish without serious injuries, but felt pain in the knee and had to travel to Switzerland for further investigations. The fall of Sarrazin occurred in a critical point, and other athletes, such as Marco Odermatt, commented on the conditions. "As an athlete you don't want to see that. But you can think about what is happening there," Odermatt was quoted, as well as by Srf.ch