The 32-year-old skier won the combined bronze medal at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang.
Victor Muffat-Jeandet was injured in the Zagreb World Cup slalom on Thursday and suffers from “right ankle fracture», Indicated the French Ski Federation (FFS), a blow less than a month before the Olympic Games in Beijing (February 4-20). “He will quickly return to France to complete the assessment and make therapeutic decisions on his unavailability.“, Writes the FFS in a press release, without specifying whether this injury condemns his chances of participating in the Olympics.
The three strong events of Muffat-Jeandet will take place on February 10 (combined), 13 (giant) and 16 (slalom). The 32-year-old skier won the combined bronze medal at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. He also finished 6th in the giant and the slalom.
Today you have gone too far.
Alexis Pinturault
Muffat-Jeandet fell on Thursday during the Zagreb slalom, a race that was finally stopped after 19 skiers had passed due to the very poor condition of the track, which had already forced the organizers to postpone the event from Wednesday to Thursday.
Several skiers showed signs of annoyance or annoyance when crossing the line. “Today you have gone too far @fisalpine (the International Ski Federation Editor’s note) … I’m just upset and I have a big thought for my friend Victor Muffat-Jeandet», Tweeted the French Alexis Pinturault, holder of the title of the big crystal globe.