Tervuren Belgian record holder speedskiën Joost Vandendries (47) escapes from death. During a world cup in Andorra he made a spectacular fall at a speed of 170 km/h. He ran nine fractions including a ruggenwervel, but next season, he wants to be there again. “Mentally I have to trust or regain it,” he said from his hospital bed.
Joost Vandendries in Overijse since march 25, the fastest Belgian on skis, then he 218,845 miles per hour and he stopped the previous 22-year-old Belgian record. In Andorra he defended his ninth place in the general wereldbekerstand. During the oefenafdalingen it went well, already knew Joost, however, that the slopes there bumpy annex. The first official descent, things went dramatically wrong. The images – seen on Youtube – to show how Joost at a speed of 170 km/h loses the balance, falls and all tollend still hundreds of meters voortglijdt.
During that crash, I am out west hit. Fortunately, perhaps, because so have I my fall is not consciously experienced.
Joost Vandendries
A sneeuwbultje
“My linkerski hit a bump. I suspect that’s why I have my weight too far to my left have brought to send, resulting in too little pressure came on my right side. This brought the rechterski in trouble and that I am not able to adjust. I was already quite low on the slopes. There is less steep and that makes the chances of falling even greater”, says Joost from his hospital bed in Andorra.
