France’s Cyprien Sarrazin suffered a severe crash throughout coaching immediately, December 27, in Bormio, Italy. The lads’s pace specialists are at present finishing the official two Downhill coaching days on the Stelvio slope in Bormio. Sarazzin had dominated yesterday’s coaching session, main by greater than a second on the primary coaching day forward of Mattia Casse, however immediately, the 30-year-old fell violently after one of many jumps on the decrease part of the course. Sarazzin was main the coaching run once more by greater than half a second however got here off the soar at an angle and flew sideways, nearly touchdown backward on the hard-packed slope. He spun and tumbled and hit his head and seemingly misplaced consciousness, sliding motionlessly into the protection nets decrease down.
The 2023 winner from Bormio was flown by helicopter to a close-by hospital, the place a subdural hematoma was recognized. A subdural hematoma is a group of blood that types between the dura mater (the outermost membrane masking the mind) and the mind itself. It happens when blood vessels, often veins, rupture and leak blood into this area. This sometimes occurs resulting from head trauma. Remedy contains burr gap drainage or, in excessive instances, a craniotomy, the place a piece of the cranium is briefly eliminated to entry and take away the clot.
Since restoration can take a number of weeks or months, it’s unlikely Sarrazin might be returning to the World Cup circuit this season. The French ski racer is at present within the neurological intensive care unit. Relying on the extent of his harm and the dimensions of his subdural hematoma, he could face prolonged rehabilitation, together with occupational remedy or speech remedy, to deal with neurological impairments.
The French Ski Affiliation, Fédération Française de Ski (FFS) up to date followers on X (Twitter) that Cyprien Sarrazin had undergone emergency surgical procedure and was in ICU however acutely aware.
Après sa chute sur l’entraînement de Bormio ce matin, Cyprien SARRAZIN, souffre d’un hématome sous dural. il est gardé à l’hôpital en réanimation neurologique pour le second. Cyprien est conscient, il reste sous surveillance.
Agence Zoom pic.twitter.com/Nb15JlUxHy— FFS – Fédération Française de Ski (@FedFranceSki) December 27, 2024
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