Four-time World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher has reflected on his lucky escape after he narrowly avoided being hit by a drone-mounted camera in Tuesday night’s slalom in Italy.
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“I didn’t know what it was, but I felt something”, said Hirscher, who finished the event in second place.
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His speedy skiing paid off as footage shows a large camera mounted on a drone smashing into the hill just two feet behind him as he whisked past. Hirscher said that looking at pictures of the incident left him trembling, but he later joked about it when he wrote on Instagram that there was “heavy air traffic in Italy”.
According to the New York Daily News, Hirscher told reporters after the race, “This can never happen again”. Sports marketing agency Infront, who employed the drone pilot said in a statement that “the most likely reason is a strong and unforeseen interference on the operating frequency, leading to limited operability”. “I thought it was a course worker behind me, or a gate”.
The FIS has banned the use of drones for TV broadcast purposes at its events until it can ensure safe operation. Some ski resorts are adding areas called “drone zones”.
“That drone nearly crushing @MarcelHirscher WHAT!!!” said American skier Steve Nyman on Twitter. Though laws prohibit such an act in Austria, Switzerland, and many other countries, drones are authorized to fly over a crowd during events in Italy.
His fortunate near-miss followed a worrying incident at the US Open in the autumn when a drone crashed into the stands during a match between eventual women’s champion Flavia Pennetta and Monica Niculescu.
“I was a little bit scared, I have to say”, Pennetta said. “I am very relieved that nothing happened“.
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“That was my first reaction”.
