Swiss skier Urs Kryenbuehl crashes across finish line at Kitzbuhel downhill 

It's now 10 months later, and he just finished his first world cup race after this horrible crash safely.

Damn, what a blazing run until it looked like the air resistance caught the top of his skis and pulled him forward. His head neck took the brunt of that fall. I hope that the brain and neck injuries are not what they appear to be. Speedy recovery.

Wow, 140+ km/h crash. That is insane

That’s not skiing, by the amount of ice that’s there it might as well be ice skating

Wow ... Concussion, Collar bone and ACL ... So sad, and what a great run otherwise ... Speedy recovery ... best of luck. Most crucial in early stages is to treat the concussion.

Screw all the other sports, these guys are insane!

Un bon , rapide et complet rétablissez à toi Urs On espère te revoir vite à ton meilleur niveau Patience, on est avec toi...

Прям на финише упал и скорость 146+ км/ч. Ужас! Я в шоке! Надеюсь парень жив и скоро поправится.

amazing performance,,I pray the god speedy recovery.

Надеюсь все с ним хорошо

Please take care

Dieser Sturz war absolut nicht zwingend.Seine Position beim und vor dem Sprung war ideal.

Same spot as Daniel Albrecht in 2009 :(

Nobody wants to see such a massive jump towards the finish especially when nobody is there. That was stupid and irresponsible by the OK.

I wonder why the bindings to the Ski on the right side does not let go. :S Is it because the track was so hard and bumpy? Hope he recovered does anyone know?

There’s always this possibility when you ‘play with fire’ we will all fall whilst skiing. At 87 miles is definitely asking for more trouble, and even with his excellent skills, it’s a possibility. He’s going very well now.

At 147 km per h, you got The balls to make that jump.

That's mostly ice making the fall even worster and harder..

between 5:10sec and 5:20sec, the bloke is kjust laying on the ground and no one rushes to help him?? are u serious??? ten seconds is a long time in incidences like this

Ну,пожалейте своих близких! Зачем вам большой спорт?! Не рискуйте жизнью!!!

20 secondes without any human intervention ! Where are we !!!!!!.......

Grosses Risiko dieser Sport...

Что с ним в итоге

Beat du besch e rechtige ski kolleg du hesch der so sorge gmacht

I would sue the organizers of the competition because every year racers get trams on this springboard. The descent is not easy at the end, its riders get tired ... and then 145 km per hour speed and a springboard ...

Кто знает как он !?

Трасса сделана с ошибкой ( в самом конце скорость была свыше 140 км. ) тогда как по всей было около 100 км. час поэтому 26-летний мужчина из Швица получил сотрясение мозга, перелом ключицы и разрыв внутренних и крестообразных связок правого колена.

are you serious...why you start fuckin music after the fall👎

Crash happens @1:50

Gueti Besserig Urs

DId he dieded ?

🙏🏻

Жыв?

Хорошо, что лыжи отстегнулись, не намертво закрутил!

He died? 😢😭

*air horn*

this course seems to be very poorly designed.

Such a different scene. Normally there's well over 20,000 people watching at the finish line.

Not the fall. The silence after the fall. That's an impact. Every single time.

For anyone that's never been on a ski/board holiday, just falling over on the snow at 20mph can hurt!

Incredible medical team! From crash to being helicoptered in a few minutes, brilliant

Snow=10%, Ice=90%, that's a death sentence for anyone downhill'ing

He was going down with such great style! It was scary to see him lose control in his last jump. Looks like he tried to correct. I hope he can recover soon.

For anyone wondering what Beat Feuz in the leaderbox was saying: 2:17 "Did the wind resistance rotate him" (Not literal translation but that's what he meant) 2:22 "Come on guys, hurry up, get to him!" 2:28 "Ah he's moving" 2:38 "Stay put" (addressing Kryenbühl, urging him to just stay put for the moment) 2:47 Discussing how easy it is to just be rotated by the wind resistance on that jump

May he heal up quickly & fully! My heart goes out to him & his family! That is why I ski bumps. God Bless!

Folks who have never experienced these speeds have no idea the strength and athleticism it takes to overcome the forces involved in this crash. One reason I place Lindsey Vonn as one of the 3 greatest alpine racers of all time - men or women.

A lot of people don’t realize how devastating a crash on the ‘flat’ can be; your body is fighting gravity. You are literally being pulled into the hill.

The perverse upside of his crash is that he did technically finish the race, which of itself is considered an accomplishment on the most feared, dangerous downhill course in the world. Hope he recovers enough in body and spirit to return to ski racing next season.

Жаль парня. Прямо перед финишем.

Wow the chopper is flying while 3 men hanging below .....ice cold rescue guys ....hope for urs to recover speedy .

Он хоть живой? Даже лыжи сломались, это как же его так жестко еще и на плоскач. Восстановления ему полного, что еще можно пожелать то.

Anyone who watched the race could see that a lot of racers had problems on the last jump, including Beat Feuz.

I'm surprised they don't wear neck & back braces integrated into their suits like in Motocross.....

I don't know if y'all understand how insane it is to be going 130+km/h outside of a vehicle... And then flying and having to stay perfectly balanced. One slight miscue with the tips of your skis too high and you're going over backwards. Too far forwards and this happens. Fastest I've gone is 90km/h and I was truly terrified.

Dieser Crash hat wirklich übel ausgeschaut, sowas möchte man selbst nicht erleben. Alles Gute dem Sportler.

Is the FIS waiting for another death before slowing down the course a little bit? Almost 150 km/h is surely spectacular but at the detriment of the athletes...

the exact opposite of what happened to chad fleisher in the 90's at the same spot.

Concussion is a word often used to describe a wide ranging spectrum of brain injuries. Let's hope its a minor 'brain injury.'

I'd had never realized the extreme dangerousness of supergee until I got back on my ski again and went to the Italian Alps.. Once you realize how dangerous this can be on those steep slopes even for a recreational skier at very low speeds and then you see those daredevil riding such slopes designed to push the limits, with their speed well over 100km.h on an icy, uneven surface, fighting with high G-forces, then you realize how much nuts this kind of sport is.. Each fall on the Streif slope can mean the end of the skiers carrier and disability for the rest of their life..

There he is, possibly bleeding out from a severed artery and nobody has a plan to respond. But the rescue people sure look great, wherever they are.

He had magnificent speed on a very icy run, I could hear the ice scraping as he skied, sure hope he will be OK, he fell hard.

Вот это уровень оказания помощи...

I've even watched the Hahnenkamm-Race live on TV! The Moment, after I saw his crash happen, there were a few things, that straight went through my head, like "Is he okay" "Has anything pretty serious happened to him" and "I hope, he'll get well again as quick as possible" But as I saw him sit up for a moment or two, then lay down again, I was being calmed at least a little bit... I was so happy to see Urs being brought to the nearest hospital

There was a small mistake I think at around 1:41, prior to the horrible accident. I am a total amateur in ski and I know that muscles can give up anytime...brain is still working but muscles cannot do what I want if they are tired. I hope he will recover soon!!

Scott Russell, I thought your call of his crash was pretty insensitive, referring to it as a "yard sale". That crash was horrific. Yard sale is a joke term and inappropriate in this context.

The best for him and what a good medical team thumbs up with respect

the level of safety for downhill compétition is worthy of RAF pilots during second world war, unacceptable.

Downhill and professional skiing in general has Murphy's Law written all over it. With crashes, but also with terrible wear and tear of the knees. I think I am not exaggerating when I say professional skiing is dangerous. God bless.

That last jump was just useless

Does it count as a finished race he did technically finish the race and it would be a shame if they didn't allow a completed race.

Kitz is always somothink special and my biggest dream, is to be there on a race one day

That's why they call this break neck speeds come with territory .

What’s with the soundtrack?

Concrete landing , snapped his ski !

I hope he his doing well in the next years. I think we will hear a lot of him soon. He is a legend like all others who started on the Streif

Бедолага

Shouldn’t they be wearing neck braces like moto gp riders...Jesus

Downhill, super G and giant slalom are ordinary ski trip on mountains but inside course lines highly risky if you fall you're screwed.

He knew instantly as he went off the roller that he was screwed. Nothing you can do when you are too far forward off a jump. Terrible way to fall.

The track was made with a mistake ( at the very end the speed was over 140 km.) while the whole was about 100 km. An hour later, a 26-year-old man from Schwyz suffered a concussion, a broken collarbone and a torn internal and cruciate ligament in his right knee

Tous mes vœux de rétablissement à ce champion.

Вот это жесть полная на 146 км/ч! Подскажите кто вкурсе, он живой остался???

Back in the day there were no helicopter. No groomed hard consistent "highway slopes" and the ski equipment was weak and unstable compared to today. The skis were not as flexible and the boots not as stiff, nor was the bindings as safe as today. If you watch Kitzbuhel races from the 70's and early to mid 80's more racers crashed than completed the race. Downhill skiing has become much safer.

Great victory, very great athlete but by changing even one of a track like 'LA Streif', one, there is less show, and second: they say "victories count"! But do the stones also know that Peter Fill's victories, and the one that divided it into two heats? Whoever wins is like a half win for me in the end! Cuche's 5, in comparison with Paris's 3 victories over the real Streif and with the green ice, are worth triple. Then for heaven's sake, leave and immediately find the mausewalle and stretches of sliding, technical points, and other crazy points, to get to the Ausbergh take the jump, the traverse and go down at 160km / h until the arrival it takes coroggio just thinking about it to throw down the tips of the skis! However, at the World Championships in Cortina in 2021, some really bad ones for me. Sport without an audience makes no sense. But if he didn't stop for a coffee, Paris would have won with almost 2 seconds over Feutz!

Glad so many rushed out to check on him so fast!! WTF?

The best part of this is the airhorn way after its clear he's down.

Opposite of Chad Fleischer’s crash

He was skiing today(23.1.2022.) at Kitzbuhel downhill and he did it great, nice job.

There should be a system similar to F1, where at any part of the track, you can have professionals at the scene within 10 seconds.

saw his right leg was unstable at the middle of the run

Ragdoll

When these things happen: Don't other athletes think like maybe I should quit this sport? It looks so dangerous, every race I'm watching is like extreme adrenaline, only from watching. It's a miracle that nobody died since 1994.

What was he's final time? He did cross the finish line. Or was he too low to stop the clock?

5:19 the way that helicopter rope was twisting around i think he may have wanted to stay on the ground

gutted - brilliant run

He was hit but a gust of wind from the back on the last jump, throwing him forward. He had no chance

2:16 oh im being filmed, time to act concerned!

And he didn't even get a finish time or final position because he didn't still have at least one ski still on when he crossed the finish line.....

That looked shockingly Icy

The racers had been commenting earlier in the week about the last roll being too large ~ they were getting 80 meters of air. Course officials did nothing.