Impressive images.
Alpine skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin suffered a heavy fall during the descent in Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy) on Friday morning.
The American with 95 World Cup victories lost her balance after 18 seconds.
She violently hit the safety nets and, after several minutes of worry for observers, she got up with difficulty with the help of medical personnel, who arrived more than a minute after her fall.
đŹ Queen Shiffrin is affected: victim of a fall, the American gets up after long minutes and seems injured in the left knee.
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Using his ski poles, transformed into makeshift crutches, Shiffrin walked without placing his left foot on the ground.
Ironically, his companion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde was also the victim of a fall on January 14 during the descent from Wengen and was forced to end his season, even if he was not ultimately a victim. of a fracture.
What will happen to the record holder for World Cup victories?
The race was, in any case, interrupted for a long time after this accident.