Kitzbuhel - Kitzbuhel retains its dubious reputation as the most dangerous downhill course in the world.
After the bad practice crash of the Swiss Daniel Albrecht on Friday also had to race on Saturday in a fallen skier will be transported by helicopter from the strip.
In the very early stages of World Cup downhill of the Americans came TJ Lanning with the number three to the case.
At full speed he came into the crossbar after the Hausbergkante the racing line, flew through two safety nets before he was stopped by the third safety net at last.
Lanning was flown on the hook for a rescue helicopter that transported him with a suspected cruciate ligament in his knee in the hospital.
A comparatively harmless against injury in training on Thursday of the fallen Albert Schweitzer, who is held due to a skull-brain trauma and pulmonary contusion is still in an artificial coma.
"This team continues to refer to attending doctors are cautiously optimistic that the reason for excessive concern, there is no" reads an official statement about the state of the Swiss, who spent his second night in a coma Innsbruck University Clinic quiet and very stable.
The 3312 meter long downhill race on the Streif yesterday was won by Switzerland's Didier Defago against the Austrians Michael Walchhofer and Klaus Kroell. Best German was Stephan Keppler (Ebingen) on the 28th Place ( "That's enough for celebration)."
Really wanted to pay too exuberant joy at the podium runners not. "The mood was more subdued," said the Swiss Confederation President Urs Lehmann. The officials have led to the Albrecht-one meetings with the disaster, many athletes. Lehmann: "We wanted to find out if everyone was willing to drive this departure."
