Camille Balanche crashes heavily in the downhill qualifier in Andorra
It's a horror scenario for all gravity bikers: a gust of wind catching them in the middle of a long jump. This is exactly what happened to Camille Balanche in her qualifying run at the World Cup in Andorra yesterday Friday. After her fall, she was flown to hospital by helicopter after first aid. The race was interrupted for 45 minutes, as mtb-news.de reports.
The diagnosis brought initial relief. Camille has no broken bones, no brain trauma and no internal injuries. Blick spoke to her friend, former professional skier Emilie Siegenthaler: "She had the hardest fall of her life. But she's tough, is stable, has no serious head trauma and no internal bleeding, but she's definitely in a lot of pain at the moment."
"She needs all your support to get through this," her team wrote in an Instagram post. But also: "Our warrior is tough to say the least". It remains to be seen when Camille Balanche will return to racing.
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