Sarrazin undergoes surgery after head injury

The second downhill training in Bormio had to be interrupted several times on Friday. The falls of Cyprien Sarrazin and Pietro Zazzi, who were transported away by helicopter, were not without consequences.

27 December 2024

From: leo

The French downhill star had a serious crash on the infamous Stelvio. He lost consciousness, lay motionless and was flown to hospital. The French Ski Federation announced that Sarrazin was diagnosed with a subdural hematoma. This is a bleeding between two meninges. Depending on the form, it can be life-threatening. "He is still being treated in the neurological intensive care unit in Italy," the statement said. Later that evening, the French Federation announced that Sarrazin would be operated on on Friday "to remove the subdural hematoma."

The Italian Pietro Zazzi was also badly hit: the 30-year-old got caught in a gate and, like Sarrazin, was taken to Sondalo by helicopter. X-rays revealed a fracture of the fibula and tibia. Zazzi is already on his way to Milan, where he will be operated on by the FISI medical commission, writes the Italian winter sports association.

The season is over for Pietro Zazzi. © Pentaphoto

After training, Nils Allegre harshly criticized the organizers: "My opinion is clear. They don't know how to prepare slopes - even though they have been doing it for 40 years," stressed the 30-year-old. "There is no respect for the athletes. With this preparation, they are not making the course spectacular, but dangerous. Bormio does not deserve the Olympic Games next year."

Schlagwörter: Winter sports Alpine skiing Bormio Cyprien Sarrazin Pietro Zazzi

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Hermann Zanier

Mr Allegre is probably in shock himself. There is hardly a weekend when downhill skiing is not carried out without someone being injured, even in France. Slaloms and giant slaloms are already dangerous there; in Val d'Isere, several skiers crash every year. I have seen the film of the other crashes in the same place: it was clearly a sheet of ice that the skiers were not prepared for. But if you have to prepare a slope in such a way that you can ski at full speed everywhere, can't you also assume that you ski with your head, as Odermatt suggested in the interview?

27.12.2024 18:12

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