Stelvio de Bormio (Italy), Matthieu Bailet's favorite track on the world circuit, played him a bad trick this time on Monday.
The skier from Nice was indeed the victim of a “significant concussion” by falling “during the first official training for the descent of Bormio”, as announced by the French Ski Federation (FFS) in a press release late Monday. afternoon.
After 48 hours under observation at the Italian hospital in Sondalo, he will be repatriated to France and he will follow “the concussion protocol set up by the medical service”, specifies the FFS.
At 26, Matthieu Bailet, who represents the next generation of the French speed team (downhill, super-G), suffered a setback just over a month before the World Championships scheduled in France, at Courchevel and Méribel (February 6-19).
The men's World Cup stops this week in Italy for a scheduled downhill on Wednesday, then a super-G on Thursday, on what is considered one of the most demanding tracks on the circuit.
It was at Bormio that Matthieu Bailet achieved some of his best World Cup results, with a 6th place in 2018 and 2019 in downhill, as well as another 6th place in super-G last year.
But this is also where the French skier dislocated his left shoulder in 2017, after another heavy fall.
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