Spectators and others present experienced moments of fear after Caviezel’s ski cut into the snow and after a heavy fall, his lifeless body was stopped by safety nets. After about ten minutes, Caviezel got to his feet with his face bleeding from the scrape, but was still airlifted from the track to a hospital in Canmore.
At the same time, the ski slope in Lake Louise suits the experienced 34-year-old skier, twice in the past he has reached the podium here in the super-G as part of the SP. A hard fall could have serious consequences already because the elder of the brother pair suffered a brain injury in training in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in early 2021. On Saturday, he completed his first SP race since December 2020, but did not finish the downhill.
According to a statement from the Swiss Ski Federation, the bronze medalist from the 2017 World Championships in the combined event should be transferred to Switzerland on Monday, where he will undergo further examinations.
Mauro Caviezel was taken to the Canmore hospital after falling in the Super-G at Lake Louise. The national team athlete will fly back to Switzerland today, Monday, where further tests will be carried out.
update follows.
— SwissSkiTeam (@swissskiteam) November 28, 2022
Caviezel’s compatriot Marco Odermatt won the opening super-giant slalom of the season in the Canadian winter resort. The holder of the big crystal globe from last year secured the lead in the World Cup with his second autumn victory.
