Training falls KO Italian team for Games
Posted on: Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 12:31 CST
TURIN (Reuters) - Two Italian ski jumpers will miss the Winter Olympics after falling during practice, forcing the depleted national squad to withdraw from a team event, a sport official said on Tuesday.
Marco Beltrame and Stefano Chiapolino were both hurt during practice jumps on Monday ahead of the Games, which start on Friday and run until February 26.
Chiapolino suffered head and face injuries, while Beltrame had to have his spleen removed, a spokesman for Italy's winter sports federation said. "Both of them are out of the Games," he said.
With the loss of two of its five ski jumpers, Italy will not be able to field a four-person squad in the team event on February 20.
Source: REUTERS
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