Horror fall overshadows Val Gardena descent

The 30-year-old Gisin crossed his skis and fell just before the camel hump, the spectators took their breath away. Gisin literally flew over the hill at high speed and crashed heavily onto the runway.

Gisin lost consciousness. The race was paused for more than half an hour, the Swiss was treated by the rescue workers and then flown to the hospital in the Aiut Alpin Dolomites rescue helicopter. The all-clear came in the early afternoon: According to his sister, the ski racer had regained consciousness. No further details about the Swiss man's health were available at this time.

The Austrian Matthias Mayer also fell. The downhill Olympic champion conceded a goal and fell, but fortunately was uninjured.

The victory went to Aleksander Aamodt Kilde. The Norwegian with start number 6 showed an outstanding ride, without mistakes, with a lot of speed and pulverized the best time of the previously leading Swiss Mauro Caviezel.

The Austrian Max Franz took second place, 0,86 seconds behind. Co-favorite Beat Feuz came third. South Tyrolean disappointing The race was disappointing for the South Tyroleans. Dominik Paris took 17th place (+1,72), Christof Innerhofer had to make do with 18th place (+1,75). Werner Heel from Passeir took 30th place, Florian Schieder from Castelrotto finished the race in 54th place.

The detailed race report is available here .

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Horror fall overshadows Val Gardena descent

A serious fall by the Swiss Marc Gisin caused an interruption in the Downhill World Cup in Val Gardena.

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