Kitzbühel: Terrible falls shake the ski weekend!

Weather chaos and falls dominate the Alpine Skiwelt! The first training session for the World Cup descent of the ski women in La Thuile had to be canceled due to violent snowfalls and fog, as krone.at . Training is essential before the departure and the two Super-G races can start. The next training session for Wednesday is planned, while the World Cup is scheduled to start there on Thursday. The thinking of Cornelia Hütter, who travels to La Thuile as the defending champion, is particularly exciting and now 16 points behind the leader Federica Brignone from Italy.

The focus in the coming week is also on Kitzbühel, where the World Cup races begin with the Super-G on Friday. The highlight, the prestigious departure, is pending on Saturday. All eyes are aimed at the Swiss Marco Odermatt, which leads the departure rating and the overall World Cup. Despite 22nd place in the last training session, Odermatt was optimistic, he wants to fight for the podium. "I haven't quite found the solution yet," said the 27-year-old at ORF, "but I'm looking forward to the weekend." In the meantime, the training runs were promising for some Austrians. However, Felix Hacker suffered a difficult setback: he twisted his knee during training and was removed with a helicopter. After a medical examination, a cruciate ligament tear and meniscus tear in the left knee was found. "This is a slap in the face," said Hacker dismayed about the diagnosis.

horror reports from Kitzbühel

But not only hacker was unlucky. Jacob Schramm also fell heavily and also had to be removed with the helicopter. The DSV athlete suffered a complex knee injury and a concussion. Schramm had been in the Seidlalm jump and shot into the catch network almost unchecked. He was immediately flown to the hospital in St. Johann before being moved to the accident clinic in Murnau, such as Eurosport.de reported. The coming racing week is all about injuries and severe falls while the athletes are trying to prepare for the upcoming competitions.