Europe 1 with AFP 11:51 a.m., February 10, 2022
French skier Alexis Pinturault fell in the combined slalom at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday.
He suffers from a "simple contusion of the shoulder" according to a press release from the French Olympic Committee.
His clinical and radiological assessments are reassuring.
Skier Alexis Pinturault, who fell in the combined slalom at the Beijing Olympics on Thursday, suffered a "simple right shoulder contusion", the French Olympic Committee said in a statement.
"The clinical and radiological assessments are reassuring", "everything is in place for him to be competitive during the giant slalom" on Sunday, writes the body, while Pinturault feared for the rest of his Olympics (giant and slalom) after his run.
Disappointment for the skier
Favorite in the alpine combined, the Frenchman with three Olympic medals (giant bronze in 2014 and 2018, combined silver in 2018) experienced great disappointment on Thursday when he came out in the combined slalom on a heavy fall.
Appearing in tears and his arm in a sling in front of the press, he feared for the rest of his Games before the medical check-ups.
After his 11th place in the super-G on Tuesday, Pinturault is one of the giant's favorites on Sunday, then outsiders for the slalom on Wednesday February 16, before a possible participation in the mixed team parallel on the 19th. World number 1 last winter , the 30-year-old Savoyard is having a more difficult season, during which he has yet to win.
The French alpine ski team has so far won a medal at the Beijing Olympics with Johan Clarey's silver on Monday's downhill.