Shocking moment for Andreas Sander: The ski racer fell heavily during a training run before the Downhill World Cup in Val Gardena, but escaped lightly with bruises.
The German ski racer Andreas Sander fell violently during the first training session for the World Cup downhill in Val Gardena. However, the 34-year-old got away relatively unscathed from the accident in the lower part of the Saslong slope on Tuesday, as he himself reported.
Sander gave the all-clear
Sander said in a statement from the German Ski Association that he could give the all-clear. “The knees feel good. I’ve definitely got a few bruises on my neck, thoracic spine and buttocks. They’re painful, of course, and I can feel them right now at the finish . But as things look right now, I was lucky in misfortune.”
After a flood of cancellations, it’s finally time to get started
After the previously planned speed races on the Matterhorn and Beaver Creek in the USA had to be canceled due to weather conditions, the first two downhill runs of the season on Thursday and Saturday as well as a Super-G on Friday (all at 11.45 a.m. at sportschau) are taking place in Val Gardena this week. de in the ticker) on the program.
In addition to Sander, the DSV also registered his teammates Romed Baumann, Thomas Dreßen, Josef Ferstl, Simon Jocher and Luis Vogt. Ex-Kitzbühel winner Dreßen only wants to compete in the two downhill runs in his comeback after a long injury break and forego the Super-G.