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Cavagnoud badly hurt in collision
INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) -- Super-G World Cup champion Regine Cavagnoud of France was in acute life-threatening condition after colliding with a male coach on a glacier where World Cup skiers were training. "The patient suffered serious head injuries, a serious injury of the brain and several fractures in the face," Dr. Michael Blauth, head of the accident surgery ward at the University Clinic in Innsbruck, told the Austria Press Agency. "The total of all injuries amounts to an acute danger to the life," the doctor said. Blauth said Cavagnoud underwent surgery by a team of doctors and was to be transferred to an intensive care ward. Anwander suffered numerous head, face injuries and internal injuries and his condition was also life-threatening, although more stable than Cavagnoud's, Blauth said. Cavagnoud had a brief cardiac arrest after the accident, but she was revived by her coach, said Phillipe Auer, a race manager. Ski official said Cavagnoud crashed headfirst into Anwander as he crossed her path. Cavagnoud, a veteran of the French national team, is the defending World Cup champion in the Super-G and was third last season in the overall cup standings. A strong overall skier, she has been competitive in downhill, Super-G and giant slalom, and finished third in Saturday's season-opening giant slalom. She won her first World Cup race in her 10th year on the World Cup circuit when she triumphed in a downhill in January 1999 at the Italian resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, breaking a 17-year drought by French women in the speed discipline.
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