Nordic Combined

How Seidl is doing after the fall in Lahti

Mario Seidl crashed while jumping in Lahti.(Bild: ASSOCIATED PRESS, Instagram/marioseidl)

Following the fall of Nordic combined skier Mario Seidl, the man from Pongau has been transferred to Salzburg. An examination was carried out at the regional hospital. Now the diagnosis for the combined skier has been made.

Nordic combined skier Mario Seidl injured himself after a very long jump. The ÖSV double victory on Sunday in Lahti, Finland, was overshadowed by the Salzburg athlete's fall. He was already transported back to Austria on Monday.

Mario Seidl was transferred from Helsinki to the Salzburg State Hospital, where a detailed MRI examination and computer tomography were carried out. The examinations revealed what had already been suspected.

The previously diagnosed fracture of the kneecap was confirmed, and a strain of the anterior cruciate ligament was also discovered. The fracture was surgically stabilized and treated by the attending physician Dr. Helmut Klampfer at Salzburg State Hospital on Monday evening.

Bitter: The Pongau native only recently made his return to the World Cup. This ended abruptly.