It has been announced that a rising Italian skier has died after a fall during training.
Matilde Lorenzi, 19, was skiing on the Grawand G1 slope in Val Senales when the accident occurred, according to the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS).
‘We are deeply saddened by the death of Matilde Lorenzi’, the organization saying. “The FIS joins the president of the FISI (Italian Winter Sports Federation), Flavio Roda, and the entire Italian winter sports community, including coaches, athletes, teammates, the federal council and all staff of the FISI”.
According to the AP, Lorenzi was taken by helicopter to a Bolzano hospital before he died.
Matilde Lorenzi has died at the age of 19 after a fall while skiing while training
The teenager was Italian junior overall and Super-G champion last year.
She also finished sixth in alpine skiing and eighth in superG at the world junior championships.
Lorenzi was also part of the Italian army as a sports soldier and in the Ministry of Defense. announced his death online.
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