Marco Schwarz will miss the season due to injuries suffered in his fall in Bormio
Marco SchwarzAustrian promise of alpine skiing that led the overall classification of the World Cupwill not be able to compete again in the current season due to the serious injuries that he suffered this Thursday during the descent of Bormio (Italy).
So reported by the Austrian Ski Federation (ÖSV) when communicating the diagnosis that doctors made to Schwarz in a hospital in Innsbruck, capital of Tyrol.
In a resounding fall in Bormio, The 28-year-old skier “suffered a torn cruciate ligament, a torn internal meniscus and damage to the cartilage in his right knee”said the federation.
He suffered a torn cruciate ligament, a torn medial meniscus and damage to the cartilage in his right knee.
The athlete He will be operated on Friday, at the private clinic in Hochrum by specialist Christian Fink, the same one who operated on Austrian footballer David Alaba a few days ago.Real Madrid defender, from his cruciate ligament injury.
“As we feared, Marco’s diagnosis is unfortunately very serious. The season is over of coursewhich is a bitter loss for the entire team,” declared alpine skiing boss Herbert Mandl, quoted by the local agency APA.
After falling during the descent in Bormio, Schwarz, who He started in seventeenth position, went off the track and ended up against the protective fenceshaving to first be treated, have his right leg blocked and, after a few minutes, be transferred by helicopter to Innsbruck.
This motivated the proof out interrupted for 20 minutes.
Schwarz, after staying first in the Madonna di Campiglio slalom, he was the only skier who had managed to qualify in the top 10 in all disciplines.
The goal is now clear: I want to get back to where I was. I’m going to give it my all
He went to Bormio as overall head of the World Cup and aspired to consolidate this winter as one of the best in all categories.
“The goal is now clear: I want to get back to where I was. I’m going to give it my all“he declared Schwarz in some first statements after the diagnosis.
