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The ultrasound carried out after the injury suffered in the parallel giant in Alta Badia revealed a muscular problem that will not prevent the 28-year-old from Courchevel from showing up at the starting gate on Sunday, as a favorite, in the first Alpine combined of the season.
Tuesday 24 December 2019 2 minutes reading time
“It is a 6mm muscle injury of the long adductor muscle of the left thigh. Alexis will still be able to participate in the Bormio races ".
The French federation issued an official statement a little while ago regarding the conditions of Alexis Pinturault, the leading man for the transalpines in the assault on the general World Cup, and all in all quite reassuring news on the state of the 28 year old of Courchevel, who feared a more serious problem after the injury suffered on Monday evening, on the occasion of the first heat of the round of 32 against the Swedish Roenngreen, in the parallel giant in Alta Badia.
The Savoyard will then leave for Bormio, where he will obviously not play the two free runs on Friday and Saturday on the Stelvio, but will start as a favorite in the first Alpine combined of the season, scheduled for Sunday with super-g and slalom heats, even if the situation will clearly monitored day by day.
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