2018 Olympic silver medalist, Matt Graham, returned to the FIS World Cup podium today with bronze in the dual moguls at Val St Come in Canada.
In an unbelievable moment, Matt and his fellow competitor Benjamin Cavet, had an horrific crash.
Approaching the top kicker, Cavet lost control and crashed into the jump, rebounding directly into Graham’s path, resulting in a dramatic crash as Graham landed upon Cavet.
Fortunately, both athletes were able to get up and ski down to the finish with no serious injuries. They are expected to be ready for the next tour stop in the USA, despite likely being sore from the incident.
“Really happy to walk away from that crash against Ben, probably one of the scariest crashes I have been in,” said Graham post race.
“I just saw him at the last minute and pulled my legs though to try and miss landing on his face essentially.”
“I took a bit of time off after the Ruka World Cup (in early December), because I had a couple of shoulder surgeries over the course of 2023 so I missed the offseason. I then went back home and went to the water ramps and cut my knee really bad and had to have surgery just a month ago, so this is the first time I have skied since Ruka and I am just stoked to be back and the body is feeling good.”
The mogul skiers athletes will now head to Waterville Valley in the USA, for another single and dual mogul event next weekend.
