Translate: Another tragedy in downhill skiing: seventeen year old Max Burkhart dies
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4 hours ago
The young German was training for the descent to Lake Louise and fell into the protective nets; died on Wednesday at the hospital.
New tragedy in the world of alpine skiing. Three weeks after the fatal accident happened to David Poisson, the promise Max Burkhart also goes away.
The German, who was training downhill at Lake Louise, crashed on Tuesday in protection networks. Despite immediate relief and timely transportation to the hospital, there was nothing to do for the discissettenne and he died on Wednesday in Calgary.
Burkhart participated in the races of the Nor-Am Cup, a circuit created ad hoc by the FIS to allow new emerging talents to confront each other internationally before the great leap into the World Cup.
Unlike Poisson, my understanding is that there were mulitple witnesses to this unfortunate event.
So we will likely get a much better sense on what happened and if safety protocols need to be re-evaluated.
I do know the Nor-Am event is hosted on the same track as the WC events prior to (different start/finish) utilizing the same safety infrastructure if I'm not mistaken.
I believe it was a scheduled training day.
I'll refrain from posting any specific details until more is known and the offical report goes out.
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