FRENCH SKI legend Alexis Pinturault was airlifted to hospital on Friday after a horror crash in a World Cup race.<br /><br />Pinturault fell 50 meters after his skis detached whilst landing in a super-G race in Switzerland.<br /><br />The terrifying crash comes just six days after he became a dad for the first time.<br /><br />He had been on the final section of the Lauberhorn course at Wengen when he attempted to land the Silberhorn jump.<br /><br />Race workers immediately rushed to Pinturault after the fall and put a warming cover on him while they waited for a helicopter.<br /><br />The 32-year-old was then taken to a local hospital by heliac, with the race delayed for 25 minutes.<br /><br />Pinturault, who is a three-time Olympic medallist, and his wife Romane welcomed their daughter Olympe on Saturday.<br /><br />He pulled out of a giant slalom race in Adelboden to attend the birth before returning to the slopes in Wengen on Thursday.<br /><br />That return saw him secure a career-best downhill result of ninth.<br /><br />His decision has also seen him stop competing in slalom races.<br /><br />Super-G is a similar discipline to downhill, with the key difference seeing racers make just one run to clock the fastest time.<br /><br />Pinturault has 34 World Cup race wins across his career as well as claiming the overall title in the 2021 season.<br /><br />The Frenchman also won a silver medal in the combined discipline and a bronze in the giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.<br /><br />He had previously won bronze in the giant slalom in Sochi four years earlier.
