The deaths of Italian Alpine skiers Matteo Franzoso and Matilde Lorenzi in the space of less than a year have forced the sport to take a long, hard look at its safety procedures in the run-up to the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Both skiers died as the result of injuries sustained in training crashes and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) says nothing is off the table in its push to make skiing safer both during and outside World Cup race days.
“We had a couple of tragic accidents. The one of Franzoso ... brought up new questions,” Urs Lehmann, appointed last year as FIS CEO, said in an interview in December.
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