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Italy’s Matteo Franzoso in Intensive Care After Training Crash in Chile

Doctors are keeping the 25-year-old Italian in a medically induced coma in Santiago for ongoing evaluation.

Overview

  • The speed specialist suffered a serious head injury during national-team training at La Parva and was airlifted about 50 km to a clinic in Santiago.
  • He remains in intensive care under a pharmacological coma as clinicians assess the extent of the cranial trauma.
  • FISI said its medical commission is in continuous contact with Chilean doctors who are monitoring his condition.
  • La Gazzetta dello Sport reports his parents are traveling to Chile, with further clinical assessments expected in the coming hours.
  • Local reporting says he fell after a jump, slid beneath a safety net and struck a wind barrier; Franzoso competes for Fiamme Gialle and won Italy’s combined title in 2023.