The swiss downhill skier Urs Kryenbühl crashes badly on the Streif course in Kitzbühel. After intensive debates the final jump is flattened to avoid further injuries in the followin race. What are the organisers' moral duties? What the athletes' responsibilities? Thomas Gremsl from the Institute of Ethics and Social Teaching tackles such questions. "Our society depends on self determination, also in sports. We cross a borderline, though, as soon as the pressure from media and fans influences the athletes' fate", he summarises.
Details of his point of view are published in the latest issue of the magazine Unizeit (German only).