Austria’s Rosina Schneeberger has undergone surgery for a double leg fracture following a violent crash during the women’s World Cup super-G race in Val di Fassa, the Austrian ski federation said Monday.
“She was operated on early Sunday evening in Innsbruck and the surgery went well,” the federation revealed.
Schneeberger fractured her right tibia and fibula after crashing heavily at the top of the course. She was knocked off her feet after clipping a gate and skidded down the slope and into the safety nets.
Racing was interrupted as the emergency staff attended to the Austrian and a helicopter arrived to carry her away on a stretcher.