Crash in the Copper Slalom
How Hörhager is doing after the heavy slalom crash
The all-clear from Tyrolean Lisa Hörhager (24) after her fall in the first run of the Copper Mountain slalom: her knees are intact and an X-ray has ruled out a feared fracture following severe pain in her forearm.
The "Krone" reports from Copper Mountain
The day before, Lisa Hörhager was still one of the beaming faces in the finish area at Copper Mountain, coming 22nd and scoring her first points in a giant slalom. In addition to the 1,400 euros in prize money, she was awarded the "Bibbo Award" worth 5,000 US dollars, the equivalent of 4,300 euros. Stifel, the main sponsor of the US ski events, hands this out after every race. And to the runner with the highest value in the equation of start number minus final position. "Great, I'll gladly take the money," smiled Hörhager, who promised: "We girls like to go for a coffee round - the next one is on me."
Today, a promising first slalom run ended with a pained face: the 24-year-old was on a top 15 course when she fell a few gates before the finish and rolled over. And remained lying in the quiet finish area for several minutes. Head coach Roland Assinger and the doctors rushed to the scene. Luckily, Hörhager was able to stand up on his own after a while and his knees were fortunately unharmed. Only the forearm, which she had caught on the goal after the fall, was a cause for concern. Hörhager had to have an X-ray, but was then given the all-clear: just a bruise, no fracture of the right elbow.
"Arrived in the World Cup"
Hörhager had recently been getting better and better, scoring points in the slaloms in Levi and Gurgl as well as the giant slalom in Copper. "It took me time to arrive in the World Cup after my injury," says Hörhager. Four years ago, she tore the cruciate ligament in her left knee in a training crash in Sölden - luckily she was spared that now!
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