Aleksander Aamodt Kilde risked his life in the Wengen fall (Switzerland) during today’s descent, valid for the 2023-2024 men’s Alpine skiing World Cup. The Norwegian champion, in fact, he ended up against the safety nets after falling at the “Ziel-S”. Too much tiredness (the 1992 born player was also recovering from a flu that had debilitated him) cost the winner of the 2020 Crystal Ball a very high price.
A fall that didn’t seem dramatic at first, but… the consequences were terrible. Mikaela Shiffrin’s boyfriend reportedly got himself a notable cut on the leg caused by the edge of a ski. As seen on the white snow, the blood lost was copious and only the intervention of the emergency services, and a tourniquet, they avoided worse troubles. In short, there was a risk of a repeat of the terrible fall of Gernot Reinstadler in the 1991 trials, at the same point, which cost the young Austrian his life.
But, at the same time, the native of Bærum also reported further information heavy damage. Hospitalized since early afternoon at the hospital Interlakenthe Norwegian skier, according to what was reported by some media in his country, suffered the displaced fracture of the femur of the right leg. Furthermore, according to what was revealed by Austrian TV, there could also be a shoulder problem, but to a lesser extent. However, it could have been much worse as far as we know. Now the Scandinavian will have surgery to fix the fracture.
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The White Circus, at this point, questions itself. Yet another serious injury arrives in this World Cup. After the knockouts of Marco Schwarz in Bormio and Alexis Pinturault and Marco Kohler in Wengen, the situation becomes worrying. In hindsight, adding an additional race on the Lauberhorn was a real gamble. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde’s injury therefore risks sparking inevitable controversy.
Photo: LaPresse
2024-01-13 22:19:37
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