French skier Alexis Pinturault suffered a leg fracture and knee injury in his crash in Kitzbühel last week and will not return to the World Cup this season. Examinations in France revealed a fracture of the top of the shin bone into the knee and a meniscus injury.

Alexis Pinturault's season is over as he needs "around six weeks" rest before physiotherapy after breaking his leg in the Kitzbuehel super-G last week, the French Ski Federation (FFS) said on Tuesday.

French ski star Alexis Pinturault was taken off the hill by helicopter with an apparent right knee injury after he became one of a series of racers who crashed in a men's World Cup super-G on Friday.

French skier Alexis Pinturault suffers a heavy crash during the Kitzbühel Super-G, requiring airlift evacuation to hospital

The French alpine team endured a tough day on the Austrian slopes of Kitzbuehel during Friday's World Cup Super-G race after Alexis Pinturault had to be airlifted to hospital following a crash.

The three-time Olympic medallist, making his comeback after rupturing a knee ligament a year ago, crashed in a men's World Cup super-G on Friday.

Swiss master Marco Odermatt battled down a tough Kitzbuehel course to win Friday's super-G, but world skiing's race director was left with "mixed feelings" after a series of crashes, some serious.