Ankle injury for Valentina Greggio: helicopter rescue required

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Ankle injury for Valentina Greggio: helicopter rescue required

The blue star of speed skiing was training in the Piancavallone area, in the Val Grande national park: recovery times were to be evaluated.

An unexpected stop, a serious ankle injury during a workout in his mountains. Valentina Greggio has to stop during her preparation for the next World Cup season, with the 29 year old from Verbania who will try to oust the Swedish Britta Backlund from the throne, winner of the last two crystal balls, after the four in the series won by the tip blue speed skiing, symbol of movement together with Simone Origone. On Wednesday, Valentina was training in the Piancavallone area, in the heart of the Val Grande national park; a badly placed foot and a sprain to the joint that does not allow it to move, so much so that the helicopter was needed considering the area in which it was located, with the intervention of the mountain rescue staff of the "X Delegation Val d''Ossola ”which would have been too long to reach on foot. "The desperate face of those who thought they had touched the bottom ... and the bottom was lower - Greggio said bitterly on social media, once transported for the checks to the Castelli hospital - Now I can only go back: thank you very much to the rescuers and to all those who wrote me. " Recovery times, of course, are still to be evaluated.
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