Shock in skiing: Josua Mettler with serious knee injuries after a fall!

Shock in skiing: Josua Mettler with serious knee injuries after a fall!

Bormio, Italien - in Bormio, Italy, there was a dramatic incident during the departure training on Friday when the Swiss ski racing driver Josua Mettler fell hard. In the middle of training, Mettler, an emerging star of the alpine skiing and overall winner of the European Cup 2023, suffered devastating injuries to both knees. As Laola1.at, the 26-year-old will be operated on in Zurich next Wednesday after medical examinations of the cruciate ligament, the inner ligament and the inner meniscus on both knees.

But that was not the only severe fall that day. Previously, Cyprien Sarrazin had also injured himself during the training when he lost control of his skis and slipped into a fishing net with full force. He had to be flown to the hospital seriously injured by helicopter and was already operated on the head. These events throw a shadow on the upcoming races, since the training accident raises additional security issues, such as