To avoid falling, it is best not to think about it
The ski specialists arm themselves with bravery to tame the vertiginous slopes of the World Cup circuit. Speed, jumps: big risks are taken in the hope of shining.
The fall of Daniel Albrecht in 2009 was chilling. He had resumed competition for a few years before definitively quitting.
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It gives wings as much as it paralyzes fear. An indispensable tool in the palette of skiers, this emotion takes different forms depending on the person it inhabits. Its role as a safeguard is constantly put to the test. And it is perhaps a little more exacerbated on the Streif de Kitzbühel. “I saw some crying at the start”, assures Laurent Donato, alpine ski coach for more than thirty years. The Mecca of speed smiles on the daring, yes, but it is also capable of punishing the slightest mistake. Daniel Albrecht fell there during training and had been plunged into an artificial coma, Urs Kryenbühl suffered knee, collarbone and concussion there. Among other examples.