Young skier Matilda Lorenzi was seriously injured in an accident in Val Gardena

Matilda Lorenzi was the victim of a very serious skiing accident today, October 28th, in Val Gardena: she is 20 years old (she will be 21 on November 15th) and is a speed specialist from Sestriere.

Matilda Lorenzi, her (young) career

Diagnostic tests are being carried out at the San Maurizio Hospital in Bolzano to assess the condition of a young athlete registered with the Centro Sportivo Esercito and a member of the women’s junior team who collapsed during training this morning in Val Senales, South Tyrol. . Lorenzi, the Italian Winter Sports Federation said, distinguished herself last season by winning the Italian absolute and junior super-G championships in Sarentino, and last year she finished sixth in the downhill and eighth in the super-G at the junior world championships. in Chatel, France. She boasts eleventh place in the SuperG in St. Moritz in December 2023 as her best European Cup finish.

FALL

According to the initial reconstruction, the young Italian ski prospect, who competes in the third national team, was descending the Gravand G1 slope when her skis broke and the skier lost contact with the snowy surface, hitting her face hard on the icy ground. At that moment, one of the skis detached, and the 20-year-old fell off the slope.

The trainers present immediately intervened on the scene and will be interviewed to further clarify the dynamics of the accident, as well as the carabiners from the Selva Val Gardena training center, who were soon joined by colleagues from the Senales station who are handling the accident. investigation. It appears that the safety conditions on the track that have already been checked were in order and the safety devices were installed correctly. The skier, who won Italy’s double super-giant title in the absolute and junior categories last March, was rescued and taken to a hospital in Bolzano after being intubated by medical personnel who arrived at the scene by helicopter.