The German ski racer Paulina Schlosser apparently seriously injured herself in the World Cup giant slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
The 20-year-old from the Kreenheinstetten Ski Club on the Swabian Alb fell in the first round of her second World Cup race and twisted her right leg.
Schlosser had to be treated on the slopes for more than 20 minutes before she could be transported away with the rescue sledge.
As the German Ski Association (DSV) initially announced, she suffered an injury to her lower leg.
A precise diagnosis is still pending.
Emma Aicher, the second German starter on Berg Vitranc, missed the final with a gap of 3.33 seconds on the leading Swede Sara Hector.
She is followed by former world champion Tessa Worley from France (+0.08 seconds) and parallel world champion Marta Bassino from Italy (+0.23 seconds).
The race should originally have taken place in Maribor, Slovenia.
Meanwhile, ski racer Alexander Schmid still has a good chance of a top placement in the spectacular giant slalom classic in Adelboden, Switzerland.
After the extremely demanding and exhausting first run, the Allgäu is in ninth place.
Julian Rauchfuss drove with the high starting number 37 to a remarkable 18th place in the intermediate ranking.
Schmid's deficit on the podium is 1.69 seconds, and he is 2.19 seconds from the leading Swiss Marco Odermatt.
On ranks two and three follow overall World Cup winner Alexis Pinturault from France (+0.31 seconds) and the Croatian Filip Zubcic (+0.50).
In front of full grandstands at the foot of the legendary Chuenisbärgli, all runners had to struggle with the long and extremely difficult course and poor visibility.
“I came across the last grains,” said Schmid on ARD.
The Austrian Manuel Feller, who is in fifth place, emphasized on ORF: "It's brutally difficult."