The transport to Innsbruck took a whopping 10 hours.
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Was that about Hannes Reichelt’s career? The 39-year-old speed specialist contracted a tear on the anterior cruciate ligament on his right knee on Saturday at the second downhill in Bormio in the event of a fall. The season for Salzburg is over. Reichelt is to be operated on in Innsbruck on Sunday.
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However, there is also talk about the journey that the injured man had to make. As reported by the “Krone”, Reichelt experienced a 10-hour ordeal from the fall in Bormio to the arrival in the hospital in Innsbruck. Because the rescue helicopter had to be flown to from Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria near the Hungarian border. In addition, the helicopter had to stop in Zams in Tyrol to refuel.
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For comparison: a drive from Bormio to Innsbruck takes less than four hours. Once arrived, Reichelt is subjected to an MRI scan. The bad diagnosis with the cruciate ligament tear – in addition, there is also a bone tear of the outer capsular ligament complex – does not suggest anything good.
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It is questionable whether he (40 years old in July) will recover completely from this injury. Was his 292nd World Cup race his last? (Leo)