The Mourning for Matteo Franzoso is still omnipresent. Colleague Christof Innerhofer Appears Completely Distraught in an emotional interview. The World Champion from 2011 Doesn’t Even Want to Think About Skiing.
The Sports World Mourns Ski Ace Matteo Franzoso. The Italian Died at the Age of 25 After a Fatal Training Crash, which is Difficult for his Colleagues to Process, Among other Things. Now, Compatriot Christof Innerhofer, who trained in the chilean accident site la parva, has reported with emotional words.
“I had Reached the finish line Two minutes Before Matteo and was just about to return to the slope for the second round,” Said the Super-G World Champion from 2011.
Christof Innerhofer Mourns his Deceased Colleague
Innerhofer Shocked: “What Completely Beside Myself”
At the finish line, he then Heard That His Colleague had crashed. However, at this point, he did not Yet know how serious the situation real was. This Changed, However, on his next chairlift ride up.
“There I saw what Had Happened and was Completely Beside MySelf. I Saw The People Around Him and Immediately Understood the Severity of the Accident,” He Recalls Shuddering.
According to Innerhofer, A Small Bump on the Slope was probable the cause of the crash. “It was a small Bump where the downhill skiers took off a little. Then a left turn. I think he went straight,” He Explained. Although it is not a particularly difficult passage, it is one that hardly forgives Mistakes.
“If you make a Mistake, get on the edges or tips of the skis, that in a few hundredths of a second you take the wrong direction and end up next to the track,” Innerhofer Explained. Words that make it clear how much the alpine racers embark on a tighrope walk run after run.
For Franzoso, This Came to a tragedy end. Althogh He was Flown by a Rescue Helicopter to the Capital Santiago de Chile, where he was placed in an artificial Coma, He Succumbed to his injuries on Monday – Just One Day Birthday.
Innerhofer Doesn’t Think About Skiing: “I have no strength”
For Innerhofer, it is a currently not possible to simply continy as if nothing Had Happed. The Italian is not touching his skis at the moment. “I’m not interested in training, I Couldn’t do it anyway. I have no strength, how on i supposed to think about skiing?” He Admitted.
The 40-Year-Old is actual heading for the 2026 Olympic Games, which will take take place in his Italian Homeland. The Probably Last Big Goal of his Active Career is now “Zero Compared to a Lost Life”.
He already finds it difficult enough to process the dramatic event in everyday life, Innerhofer Said. “I freaked out, i can’t Even Sleep. On the first night, i walked around until four in the Morning, on the second night I exHAUSTED MySelf in the Gym. I am Destroyed,” Hey gave moving insights into his emotional life.
His plan for the coming days is already set. “I want to go to matteo’s Funeral and Try to Support his family in a small way,” He Announced.