US EditionOlympic Ski Champion Michelle Gisin Airlifted After Downhill Crash in Latest Setback for Swiss Team
Gisin is the third Swiss Olympic champion to crash in training this month, leaving her as the senior leader of the injured women's Alpine speed team.
- On Thursday, Two-time Olympic champion Michelle Gisin was airlifted by helicopter after crashing into safety fences during a World Cup downhill practice in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
- In the last month, successive training crashes have removed key Swiss champions from competition, with Michelle Gisin becoming the third Olympic champion to crash after Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter.
- On-Course responders treated Michelle Gisin while fellow competitors, including United States star Lindsey Vonn, temporarily stopped their runs and later resumed, with no immediate report of injury.
- Two-Time Olympic champion Michelle Gisin now shoulders veteran leadership for the Swiss women's speed team, which holds seven career Olympic medals amid recent setbacks.
- The incident occurred ahead of the St. Moritz World Cup rounds Friday and Saturday, with a super-G on Sunday, as the season builds toward the Milan Cortina Olympics opening Feb. 6.
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In training for the first descent this winter, the Swiss girl Gisin falls heavily, a helicopter flies her away. In the evening there is an update from the twice Olympic winner.
Alpine skiing-Olympic champion Gisin airlifted after crash in training
Dec 11 - Swiss Olympic champion Michelle Gisin suffered a heavy fall during downhill training on home snow in St Moritz on Thursday and was airlifted away after receiving medical attention on the slope. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Michelle Gisin was evacuated by helicopter after a training descent in St. Moritz.
In training for the first descent of the World Cup winter, Olympic winner Michelle Gisin is injured. A helicopter brings the Swiss woman to the clinic. It is the next setback for the skinnation.
Shocking scenes in St. Moritz: Double Olympic winner Michelle Gisin fell heavily in training for the World Cup downhill on Thursday. It is feared that the ski racer from Switzerland might have injured herself again.
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