Alessandro Hämmerle skips the World Cup dress rehearsal in Cortina d’Ampezzo on Saturday.
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Snowboard cross Olympic champion Alessandro Hämmerle skips the World Cup dress rehearsal in Cortina d’Ampezzo on Saturday.
He’s still suffering from the after-effects of a concussion he sustained in mid-January during a training fall on the Reiteralm. “I don’t want to take any unnecessary risks immediately before the World Cup, because another fall would only make the situation worse,” said the Vorarlberger in a press release from the association.
Montafon. From February 19th to March 5th the Snowboard World Championships will take place in Bakuriani (Georgia). At the World Cup in Cortina, eight men and Pia Zerkhold are at the start for the ÖSV women.