The athlete suffered a hemorrhage between the brain and skull, known as a subdural hematoma, after the impressive and spectacular blow.
The French skier Cyprien Sarrazin suffered a shocking accident this Friday while training on the famous track of Stelvio, in Bormio (Italy). The young man lost control hitting a pothole before a left turn that did it fly through the air.
The 30-year-old, who had been the fastest in training on Thursday, He fell hard on his back and was sent hurtling down the slope.before sliding under the safety net, where he was quickly attended to. This was the second training session on that track, the the same where the men’s downhill of the 2026 Olympic Games will be held within thirteen months.
“He is conscious,” the doctors said.
Subsequently, the French Ski Federation reported that The athlete was conscious and medical examinations carried out at the hospital showed that he has a bleeding between the brain and skullknown as subdural hematoma.
Under this framework, the French will undergo surgery after being transferred to the intensive care unit early this Friday afternoon.
Following the incident, his partner Nils Allegre harshly criticized the organizer of the competition: “The slope is poorly prepared. There is no respect for the skiers, you have to slow down. I don’t even want to think about the 2026 Winter Olympics being held here”in the middle Eurosport.
Furthermore, the Swiss Marco Odermatt He was also critical of the slope, which he defined as “a fight for survival”. Regarding the area where the Frenchman had an accident, he considered: “There is a change in snow, so you have to be very concentrated and there is little margin for error, but I don’t have the impression that Sarrazin has taken too many risks.”
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