Kilde wins downhill marred by nasty crash involving Gisin
SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy — Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won by a large margin in a World Cup downhill Saturday that was marred by a nasty crash involving Swiss skier Marc Gisin.
Gisin lost control before a jump midway down, flew into the air and landed awkwardly on his side and back right in the middle of the Saslong course’s famous camel bumps. He was then bumped into the air again and the back of his head hit the snow in a second impact.
Kilde finished a significant 0.86 seconds ahead of Austria’s Max Franz, who led the final training run.
Beat Feuz of Switzerland came third, 0.92 behind.