ROME (AFP) – A 19-year-old member of the Italian Alpine ski team’s reserve squad died after she fell during training this week, authorities said yesterday.
The accident happened on Monday when Matilde Lorenzi fell on the Grawand G1 slope in Val Senales in northeastern Italy.
The army corporal was immediately transported by helicopter to a hospital in Bolzano, according to the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI). “On behalf of the entire Army family and myself, I express my deepest condolences to the family of Corporal VFP4 Matilde Lorenzi, who lost her life in yesterday’s tragic accident during giant slalom training in Val Senales,” said chief of staff of the Italian Army Carmine Masiello.
FISI did not give further details of what happened in the accident, but according to the Gazzetta dello Sport, the skier, originally from Villarbasse in Piedmont, lost control of her skis and her head crashed against the icy surface of the slope.
