There was a second bobsleigh crash in an hour of the Winter Olympics, with the Austrian crew crashing earlier than the French crew did the identical.
The French Bobsleigh crew crashed (Picture: IOC reside feed)
The French bobsleigh crew crashed within the four-man occasion within the second warmth on the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. The crew had been twenty sixth within the rankings after their first warmth however suffered a heavy crash within the second that left these within the bobsleigh the other way up.
There have been medical workers trackside to make sure that all of these concerned within the crash had been in a position to get out safely, following a concering crash earlier in the identical occasion. All 4 athletes managed to stroll away unscathed and returned to the crew space, whereas the sled itself was faraway from the observe.
It was the second crash in an hour, after the Austrian crew crashed within the bobsleigh occasion. It was in the identical warmth of the four-man, the place excessive pace brought about the incident, requiring intensive medical consideration for the athletes concerned in it.
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Austria bobsleigh driver Jakob Mandlbauer was stretchered off after being left the other way up following the horrifying high-speed crash, with the 27-year-old coming off because the worst of the lot. That in itself brought about a 15-minute delay, with the medical consideration required.
Mandlbauer has since been taken to hospital with complaints of neck and again ache, following the collision. “I believe it is the driving force, I believe he is to this point ahead that they cannot carry the sled from the wall,” the commentary crew acknowledged on TNT Sports activities.
“The others are all form of buried within the sled, the driving force who has his head out most and in a crash, he tries to get out as shortly as he can, however you’re doing 70, 80, 90 miles an hour and being bounced round.”
There’s a third warmth on Sunday, February 22, earlier than the fourth and ultimate warmth only a few hours afterward the identical day. It stays to be seen whether or not the Austrian and French stars can be match and obtainable to compete within the third and fourth warmth for the occasion.
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