Michel was in a four-man sled piloted by Michael Vogt when it crashed Tuesday during training for this weekend's World Cup races in Altenberg. This weekend's Altenberg races are the last World Cup events prior to the world championships; there is one last World Cup weekend coming in mid-March to Lake Placid, New York. The Swiss team said Vogt “suffered a severe concussion and bruises” and push athletes Dominik Hufschmid and Andreas Haas also had slight injuries. The pair won a World Cup race in December and are third in the season-long standings. Vogt’s four-man bob crew is fourth in that discipline’s World Cup standings.

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Persons: Sandro Michel, Michel, Michael Vogt, ” Michel, Training, Greg Cackett, ”, Vogt “, Dominik Hufschmid, Andreas Haas, Chris Spring, Mateusz Sochowicz, Vogt Organizations: —, Michel, Swiss, ” Locations: ALTENBERG, Germany, — Swiss, Altenberg, Dresden, British, Swiss, Winterberg, Lake Placid , New York, Canadian, China