"Following its October 21 Council meeting, FIS announced a two-pillar safety plan focused on enhancing safety standards and promoting education and cultural change across the sport. Key measures include: A worldwide audit of homologated downhill training courses to ensure compliance with the highest safety standards, to be completed by May 2026. Updated safety guidelines and strict protocols for both training and competition."
"In the wake of Italian ski racer Matteo Franzoso's death during a downhill training run in La Parva, Chile, in September, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has announced a sweeping set of safety measures aimed at preventing further tragedies in alpine skiing's speed disciplines. Franzoso, 25, died on September 19 after a high-speed fall during downhill training, just one day before his 26th birthday."
Matteo Franzoso died at 25 after a high-speed fall during a downhill training run in La Parva, Chile, on September 19, one day before his 26th birthday. The fatality was the fourth training death in 12 months and the third involving the Italian team, prompting intensified scrutiny of off-season training safety. FIS approved a two-pillar safety plan on October 21 that mandates audits of homologated downhill training courses by May 2026, updates safety guidelines and protocols, requires protective equipment such as airbags, establishes a specialist workstream to propose 2026–27 implementations, and launches education and cultural initiatives including speed-safety clinics.
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