MILAN (AP) — Italian skier Matteo Franzoso has died following a crash in preseason training in Chile, the Italian Winter Sports Federation announced on Monday. He was 25. He’s the second elite Italian skier to die in less than a year, after Matilde Lorenzi in October 2024. Franzoso suffered “a major head injury” on Saturday and was being treated at …
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Controversial Olympic skier Eileen Gu in ‘very terrible’ accident
American freestyle skiing star Eileen Gu said she was injured in a “very terrible accident” Friday while training in New Zealand, according to the South China Morning Post. Gu — who resumed training last month after being injured at the Winter X Games in January — explained in a post on Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, that she was flown to …
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