Vittoz injured in Gällivare

World Cup: Gällivare

Wed, Nov  24, 2010 - By FIS

The best French Cross-Country skier, World Champion from Oberstdorf 2005 Vincent Vittoz, was injured in Sunday’s relay in Gällivare.

Vincent had to keep the leg 48 hours at rest and then underwent the MRI check up in France. It revelaed the presence of a torn left thigh muscle, caused by extreme tension. That corresponds to explanation of the incident Vincent gave to fiscrosscountry.com, "When climbing the uphill I lost grip in my left ski and my leg unexpectedly slipped back. I felt pain in the backside of my left thigh." There was formed a hematoma in the area of the injury. New imaging control is scheduled at the first week of December.

Return in mid-December

Vincent Vittoz will have to skip upcoming World Cup weekend in Kuusamo. He did not plan to take part in the sprint races in Düsseldorf either. Comeback in the racing trail might be possible in mid-December,however, everything will depend on the recovery time as neither French technical nor medical staff is willing to take any chances in the World Championships season.