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Skiing: how the International Federation plays dangerously with the health of skiers

2022-01-09T12:26:56.869Z


Since the slalom parody in Zagreb last Thursday and the serious injury of Frenchman Victor Muffat-Jeandet, criticism has been leveled against the leaders of world skiing. A dissatisfaction that does not date from yesterday.


Today, we did not give a good image of our sport.

“Last Thursday, it was Alexis Pinturault, to say the least, disillusioned by the sad spectacle offered in Zagreb, who spoke to the media. For more than an hour, little hands tried to make the Croatian track passable for a slalom, with great blows of salt, water and raking of the dead leaves which were collected with a shovel, as Yves Montand sang. Too bad. For Clément Noël, the fight was lost in advance: “

I think the decision to cancel was necessarily the right one.

In any case, the organizers had no choice, they tried everything but there was no bottom, there was soil that stood out, it was conditions that were not tenable and it was impossible to send everyone on that route.

Perhaps the best decision would have been not to start the race at all.

A more logical solution, but which was not adopted ...

Instead, 19 slalomers ...

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Source: lefigaro

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