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Swiss ski team doctor demands an end to "crowd pleasing" final DH jumps
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Urs Lehmann, president of Swiss Ski, has demanded* the abolition of "crowd pleasing" final jumps on downhill race courses, following the near-fatal crash of Daniel Albrecht in training for this weekend's Hahnenkamm in Kitzbuhel.
Swiss research has also identified the causes of four serious downhill crashes in recent years.
This report from
SwissInfo.
Should the International Ski Federation make this change?
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* Correction below
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A snowHead on Sat 24-01-09 17:31; edited 2 times in total
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When I was in Wengem last September they were carring out major eartworks to reduce the junp into the finish area of the Downhill. Last week watching the race the skiers hardly left the ground and seem to have much better control to the finsh line
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* Correction. Hans Spring, head doctor for the Swiss men's team, demanded the change, not Urs Lehmann:
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For one thing, Spring says courses should not have a final crowd-pleasing jump right before the finish. Racers are mentally and physically exhausted by that point, and hurling them for 50 metres through the air is much too dangerous.
Lehmann said:
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"We are at the point where some fundamental thinking needs to be done. It can't be that an athlete at the start of a season has a 50-50 chance of making it to spring without injury."
[Both those quotes from the SwissInfo report linked above]
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They've mucked about with the finish jump before. I seem to remember (maybe 15'ish years ago) they built an artificial 'lip' on it, complete with sponsors banner under the take-off side.
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Really don't know the answer to this one. Downhill racing is claerly dangerous, coping with that is part of the skill we appreciate. OTOH, 2 major accidents in successive years on the same spot suggests to me something is wrong.
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