World Cup leader Marcel Hirscher of Austria was well into his second run during Tuesday’s race when a television camera drone crashed to the snow immediately behind him, narrowly missing the racer.
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“This is terrible”, the 26-year-old Austrian, who finished second, told the Associated Press after the race.
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We very much regret that this happened and especially that it was in close proximity to an athlete in this case, Marcel Hirscher. “This can be a serious injury”, he said.
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Seeking to follow up his slalom win over Hirscher in Val d’Isere, France, nine days ago, Kristoffersen led the Austrian by 1.03 seconds.
The International Ski Federation announced Wednesday that Camera Drones will now be banned at all World Cup races. “This is absolutely outrageous, something like this must simply not happen”, Hirscher said.
The FIS has banned the use of drones for TV broadcast purposes at its events until it can ensure safe operation.
He did, however, see a funnier side to the incident later that day, posting that there was “heavy air traffic in Italy” on his Instagram account.
Drones have been used often at global ski races in the past. “We agreed with (broadcasters) that drones could not fly over the racecourse but only in a corridor next to the slope, but it flew more and more into the slope”.
The company responsible for the camera drone, sports-marketing agency Infront, said in a statement that “the circumstances leading to [the crash] are now being examined”.
This isn’t the first time this year a drone has interrupted a sporting event.
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“That drone nearly crushing @MarcelHirscher WHAT!!!” said American skier Steve Nyman on Twitter.
