After Talent's Death: "Increase Safety"

Italian alpine talent Matilde Lorenzi died after a fall during a training session. Now her dad Adolfo is demanding better safety. We believe that what happened can be turned into something valuable, he says.

» Published: Wed 30 Oct 2024 16:51 CET

After Talent's Death: "Increase Safety"
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Flowers for the funeral, the family does not want. Instead, Matilde Lorenzi's father is considering starting a project and collecting money.

We want to involve universities and companies to increase safety for young skiers, he says in an interview with the Italian newspaper Gazetta dello Sport.

We believe that what happened to Matilde can be turned into something valuable. We want to knock on all doors. Flowers die after a week, a project lasts over time.

Matilde Lorenzi, an Italian talent with several top placements in junior contexts, was training in the ski metropolis Val Senales when something went wrong. The 19-year-old fell and hit her head on the icy surface. She was airlifted to the nearest hospital, but her life could not be saved.

The news of her death spread quickly. Alpine star Sofia Goggia, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, President Sergio Mattarella, and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (Fis) all expressed their condolences.

We believe that this was an accident that could have happened to anyone, and therefore we feel that we must do something, says Adolfo Lorenzi.

We are familiar with today's safety equipment in skiing, but we think of creating a softer crash pad that can be useful in events like giant slalom and slalom.

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