Svenja Würth has fallen heavily in the first team competition of the World Cup history. The mixed world champion lost control in Hinterzarten during the landing, crashed into the snow and then into the gang.
The 24-year-old remained lying down for a long time, but was responsive “Svenja is conscious and feels pain in her knee. She was taken to a clinic, where the further findings will be made,”said Andreas Bauer, national coach of the ZDF.
In view of the difficult conditions, Bauer also criticized the jury with lots of fresh snow:”I don’t quite understand why the girls are allowed to jump so far. There’s not much to understand.”
During the fall, memories of the 3. In January 2014 Würth was awake when he had fallen heavily in the Russian Tchaikovsky. At that time, she was even threatened with paraplegia because of a fracture of the sixth cervical vertebra:”There were two or three millimeters missing, and then I would be sitting in a wheelchair,”Würth later said.
In the current season, Würth has so far occupied places six, five and seven.