Even the best can take a tumble. World and Olympic champion Aksel Lund Svindval goes airborne during training for a World Cup race at Schladming in Austria.
Calculated risk —
Even the best can take a tumble. World and Olympic champion Aksel Lund Svindval goes airborne during training for a World Cup race at Schladming in Austria.
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Tributes are paid to World Cup Ski Cross star Nick Zoricic after he was killed in an accident in an event in Grindevald in Switzerland in March 2012.
Tragic consequences —
Tributes are paid to World Cup Ski Cross star Nick Zoricic after he was killed in an accident in an event in Grindevald in Switzerland in March 2012.
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World champion freestyle skier Sarah Burke was killed in a training accident in Utah just two months before fellow Canadian competitor Zoricic lost his life.
Double death —
World champion freestyle skier Sarah Burke was killed in a training accident in Utah just two months before fellow Canadian competitor Zoricic lost his life.
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Hollywood actress Natasha Richardson died from injuries she sustained while skiing on the nursery slopes of a Canadian resort in 2009.
High-profile tragedy —
Hollywood actress Natasha Richardson died from injuries she sustained while skiing on the nursery slopes of a Canadian resort in 2009.
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The dangers posed by avalanches are only too real and world governing body FIS has issued strict guidelines for resort officials and individual skiers about the dangers. This tragedy in northern Norway claimed the lives of five victims in March 2012.
Avalanche threat —
The dangers posed by avalanches are only too real and world governing body FIS has issued strict guidelines for resort officials and individual skiers about the dangers. This tragedy in northern Norway claimed the lives of five victims in March 2012.
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France's Regine Cavagnoud lifts the trophy for overall winner of the Women's Super G in the 2001 World Cup, but a few months later she was tragically killed in a training accident.
Remembering Regine —
France's Regine Cavagnoud lifts the trophy for overall winner of the Women's Super G in the 2001 World Cup, but a few months later she was tragically killed in a training accident.
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Elite level competitors benefit from speedy medical interventions in the event of a high speed crash.
Medical attention —
Elite level competitors benefit from speedy medical interventions in the event of a high speed crash.
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Austrian Mathias Lanzinger returns to the scene of his horror crash in a World Cup downhill in Kvitfjell in Norway in 2008 which saw him lose his left leg below the knee.
Bravery personified —
Austrian Mathias Lanzinger returns to the scene of his horror crash in a World Cup downhill in Kvitfjell in Norway in 2008 which saw him lose his left leg below the knee.
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Austrian superstar Ulrike Maier was a two-time world champion but her death in a World Cup downhill race in 1994 sent shockwaves through the sport and led to a number of safety changes.
Magical Maier —
Austrian superstar Ulrike Maier was a two-time world champion but her death in a World Cup downhill race in 1994 sent shockwaves through the sport and led to a number of safety changes.
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