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Skier Marcel Hirscher nearly hit by drone during slalom – leads to ban
No one ever said Alpine skiing was a safe sport, but what happened Tuesday during the men’s World Cup slalom race in Italy was flat-out ridiculous.
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“FIS and the host broadcaster will work together with all the involved parties to see what occurred during the crash and ensure that this will not happen again”. In a miraculous near miss, what looks to be a very expensive drone made an explosive appearance only ten seconds into the run.
The race was won by Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen.
The organization’s men’s race director Markus Waldner told the Associated Press that drones are banned “because they are a bad thing for safety”.
In Japan, in an attempt to combat illegal drone use authorities have developed a drone-catcher drone which dangles a net below to snag any unauthorised unmanned aircraft.
“I didn’t expect it to be that much”, Kristoffersen said.
Schwarz started with the No. 33 bib and got his first podium in only his third World Cup race.
“It was huge luck that Marcel was not hurt”, Waldner said. That same month, a student was charged with endangerment when he allegedly crashed a drone into a football stadium, and in a separate incident, a teacher was arrested after he allegedly crashed a drone into an empty seating area during a US Open match in NY.
The FIS also quoted broadcast partners Infront as saying: “Infront apologises to Marcel Hirscher and to FIS for the unfortunate incident with the drone”.
“I didn’t know what it was, but I felt something”, the four-time overall World Cup champion said. Legal restrictions in Italy for using drones at such events wasn’t as tight as in some countries.
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But there have been increasingly louder calls for some more stringent guidelines to be put in place for safety reasons, especially after an Aussie athlete copped a hacked drone to the face during a 2014 triathlon.