"How many tragic losses will we have to experience before we finally open the debate on safety, especially during training? veteran French downhiller Adrien Theaux wrote on Instagram. Added Lucrezia Lorenzi, Matilde's older sister and a competitive skier herself: The time has come to stop You can't go out to ski and then not return home."
"Franzoso crashed through two layers of safety fencing on a course at La Parva and slammed into another type of fence positioned six to seven meters (20-23 feet) outside the course, the Italian Winter Sports Federation said. He was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Santiago, but couldn't survive cranial trauma and a consequent swelling of his brain. He died two days later a day before what would have been his 26th birthday."
Multiple young racers have died in training crashes within the past year, raising urgent concerns about safety during high-speed World Cup skiing. Matteo Franzoso, 25, crashed during preseason training at La Parva in Chile after breaching multiple safety fences and hitting an external barrier; he was flown to Santiago but succumbed to cranial trauma and brain swelling two days later, a day before his 26th birthday. Other recent fatalities include Matilde Lorenzi (19), Marco Degli Uomini (18) and Margot Simond (18), and past deaths such as David Poisson underscore recurring risks. Calls for stronger preventive measures and safer training protocols have intensified ahead of the season and the upcoming Olympics.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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