Saturday, January 08, 2022
Long treatment on the slopes
German ski ace seriously injured in a fall
Paulina Schlosser is driving the second World Cup race of her life in Kranjska Gora, but after a few meters it’s over again – and the young skier is seriously injured. The Bavarian loses control early on, a long supply still on the route quickly gives a hint of evil.
Paulina Schlosser lay in the snow for minutes without moving. In what was only her second World Cup race, the ski racer in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, slipped away after a few goals and was thrown across the slopes. The 20-year-old athlete was treated by SC Kreenheinstetten for around 20 minutes before she was taken away with the rescue sled. “Right lower leg fracture” was the bitter diagnosis of the German Ski Association after the race. Schlosser only worked his way up to the World Cup team during the course of the season, usually the slalom fourth of the Junior World Championships 2021 is in the second-rate European Cup. Now the season for talent has tragically ended.
The victory in the giant slalom on Podkoren went to the Swede Sara Hector, who triumphed for the second time this Olympic winter after her success in Courchevel. French Tessa Worley came in second, 0.96 seconds behind, followed by last year’s winner Marta Bassino from Italy (+1.32). Emma Aicher, as the second German starter, could not make it into the top 30. The youngster still needs a place in the top 15 to qualify for the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. The 18-year-old hopeful has the next chance on this Sunday, when a slalom is on the program for the women in the same place. Jessica Hilzinger is still missing after a positive corona test.
The top duo around the American Mikaela Shiffrin and Petra Vlhova from Slovakia then hopes for an increase in performance. On Saturday Shiffrin landed in seventh place, Vlhova behind in 15th place. Because there is not enough snow in Maribor, the races will be held in Kranjska Gora this weekend.