Skier Matilde Lorenzi dead after training accident

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 29 - Promising Italian skier Matilde Lorenzi has died of her injuries after an accident in training on Monday on the Val Senales glacier in South Tyrol, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
    The 19-year-old was part of the Italian army group and a member of the third national team.
    According to preliminary reports, she was training on the Gravard G1 slope when she fell and violently hit her face on the icy ground.
    Lorenzi, a native of Villarbasse near Turin, won the Italian title in Alpine skiing last year and ranked eighth at the 2023 Alpine world junior championships in Chatel, France, among other achievements. (ANSA).