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Austrian skier Matthias Lanzinger had his lower left leg amputated Tuesday due to complications after breaking his shinbone and fibula at a crash in Sunday's World Cup super-G race in Norway.
The double fracture severely damaged blood vessels, which hampered blood circulation in the leg of the 27-year-old skier.
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Organizers of the race in Kvitfjell, Norway, were criticized as there was no medical helicopter available at the event Sunday.
Lanzinger was flown to a hospital in Lillehammer with a tourist helicopter, and was later brought to Oslo.
"The lacking safety measures at these races are shocking," Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer was quoted as saying by the Austria Presse Agency on Tuesday. "I can't understand how a World Cup race could be organized at such a low safety level."
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http://www.cbc.ca/sports/alpineskiin...ria-skier.html
Should the organizers be held legally liable? I mean how do you put on a World Cup super-G and overlook the need for proper medical measures? That's just really absurd.
Video of crash, warning graphic: