Aleksander Aamodt Kilde airlifted from course after downhill crash at Wengen

• Downhill star crashes hard near finish line at Wengen
• Kilde, 31, is longtime partner of US star Mikaela Shiffrin

Downhill star Aleksander Aamodt Kilde crashed hard into the fences within sight of the finish in the long Lauberhorn race in the World Cup on Saturday and seemed to have injured his right leg before being airlifted to a hospital.

Kilde, a two-time winner in downhill at Wengen, had lengthy treatment as he lay flat next to the finish line. Race workers strapped his right leg above the knee before a helicopter landed nearby to take him away.