[kellyhound]

On Sunday March 2, 2008 during a World Cup Super-G run at Kvitfjell in Norway, Matthias Lanzinger from Austria crashed into a gate, tumbling down the steep slope.

A contributing factor to the severity of the injury was the fact that the release mechanism on one of his ski binding did not trigger immediately.

The reason herefore was that his leg, already broken, did not provide the resistance needed to open the mechanism.

He sustained an open fracture of one leg, and was flown by private helicopter first to Lillehammer hospital where surgery was performed, then on to Ullevål University Hospital in Oslo by ambulance helicopter for a new surgery due to problems with the blood circulation in the leg.

On Tuesday morning, after the third surgery, the second one for restoring blood circulation to his left leg, the doctors announced that it would have to be amputated below the knee.

After surgery by Dr. Thomas Hölzenbein, his condition was described as "stable", and it was affirmed that Lanzinger "could have died" without the amputation because the leg was virtually dead below the knee.

The treatment of Lanzinger's injury during the first hours has been critiziced, and some comments have held that a better attention to the blood circulation in an early time could have saved Lanzinger's leg.

The security of the slope in Kvitfjell has also been criticized, also before this accident happened.

The Austrian ski federation has stated that they will continue to support Lanzinger both personally and publicly.

[güttsfükk]

pity there werent any subtitles

[neeka27]

aw man, his leg just bouncing and twisting is gnarly

[DarwinsMistake]

Guess he wont make it back to the Olympic team anytime soon..Shit that hurts even just watching it..

[Alon007]

Skiing is the only sport where we austrians pwn pretty much
:)

[linearphaze]

raping the world with our military is the only sport where we americans pwn pretty much :(

[kannonkane]

Originally Posted by linearphaze ↗

raping the world with our military is the only sport where we americans pwn pretty much :(

Funnily enough Australia's military is better then America's in terms of tactics, not equipment. Australians were the first to defeat the japanese in 400 years and the first to defeat the Germans in WW2 ;)

[marcus4nz]

rubber leg...fake!!!

[Kensomniac]

I don't know if anyone else here has suffered a knee fracture, dislocation, or any type of broken leg.. but as a fellow sufferer.. FUCK.. this looked painful.

[lulu18]

Originally Posted by Alon007 ↗

Skiing is the only sport where we austrians pwn pretty much
:)

Thats true.
gut gesagt :D