Snowboarding followers have admitted to having their “stomachs turned” after an horrific accident involving Kajsa Vickhoff Lie within the super-G in Val di Fassa which left the Norwegian screaming in apparent ache with a suspected damaged leg.
The 22-year-old misplaced management as she descended the Italian slopes Sunday after hitting an edge at excessive velocity which triggered her to plummet backwards and collide with the protection web.
Replays of the incident appeared to point out Vickhoff Lie’s left leg twist at a clumsy angle and when she lastly got here to relaxation, her anguished cries of ache may very well be clearly heard on the tv broadcast.
Studies from the scene have since instructed that she suffered a damaged leg within the crash in addition to accidents to a minimum of certainly one of her knees.
She was subsequently airlifted to hospital for remedy for her severe accidents.
Sending our ideas to @Skiforbundet’s Kajsa Vickhoff Lie after her horrible crash on the @valdifassa @fisalpine World Cup super-G at this time. 💞🙏
— U.S. Ski & Snowboard Workforce (@usskiteam) February 28, 2021
Guardian of a budding ski racer, I’ve watched 100s of races and loads of crashes too. However Kajsa Vickhoff Lie within the Ladies’s Tremendous G crash simply now, has turned my abdomen. I don’t assume I’ll be capable to watch Allegra at this l degree. I hope she recovers quickly https://t.co/WJSCHwwkCz
— Adele Turton (@adeleturton) February 28, 2021
Considering this night of Kajsa Vickhoff Lie and Rosina Schneeberger who crashed closely and painfully in at this time's SuperG at Val di Fassa in Italy, and needed to be helicoptered off the slope. Greatest needs to each.
— Bob Constanduros (@BobConstanduros) February 28, 2021
Horrible ski crash damaged leg Kajsa Vickhoff Lie Val di Fassa Italy Tremendous G pic.twitter.com/n6okLRXMOS
— ivan (@ivan8848) February 28, 2021
The race was delayed for a interval of 30 minutes to permit for Vickhoff Deceive obtain remedy on the slopes, in addition to to facilitate her airlift.
Extremely, a second medical airlift was required quickly after the occasion resumed after Austria’s Rosina Schneeberger when, whereas on the high of her run, she linked with a management gate earlier than crashing and, simply as Vickhoff Lie did a short while earlier, coming to a cease entangled in safety netting.
She was stretchered away from the slopes and transported to hospital for remedy.
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