Mattias Rönngren was ordered to stay and rest an extra day with the concussion. He is on his way home to Sweden on Friday. He will be investigated further in Åre on Monday.

- You try to minimize as much as possible in the beginning, so you don't strain the brain. We wanted to keep him an extra day to rest in the hotel, ”says Jakob Swanberg.

Fia Bringby, physio on site, has followed up.

Mattias Rönngren has previously undergone a so-called Scat5, Sport Concussion Assessment Tool. A comprehensive document and a survey.

- You see a deterioration in neurological tests, such as memory and cognitive functions that are done from a so-called "baseline", says Swanberg.

Knee injury status unclear

In connection with the rotational fall, he injured his left knee.

- He's been investigated on the spot down there. He has done a magnetic X-ray, but I have not been able to see the pictures myself. I will do that on Monday.

- As it seems now, there is damage to the inside ligament.

The team around Mattias Rönngren has taken heed because it could be a worse injury.

- There is a risk that there may be something more, but we do not know yet. He is treated with orthosis, a stable knee guard with metal rails on the sides, which locks the knee in side swing, so that nothing more can happen.

Alpine national team doctor Jakob Swanberg will on Monday himself investigate Mattias Rönngren.

- What you can see now on MR is a degree two-damage on the inner ligament, on a three-degree scale. Some pages are broken, and some are interconnected.

VC-six Alta Badia

The recovery time on the ligament injury is six weeks.

- He should have knee protection in principle around the clock for six weeks.

Mattias Rönngren finished sixth in the Parallel Grand Slalom in Alta Badia in December. He has taken the World Cup in grand slalom during a couple of competitions this season, and he debuted at speed in the World Cup when he drove the super-G in Kitzbühel last weekend.