‘Skiing can be brutal’: Shiffrin visits partner Kilde in hospital after huge crash

Norwegian dislocates shoulder in crash at Wengen2020 World Cup champion undergoes surgery after accident

Downhill racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde dislocated his shoulder in a nasty crash and posted a photograph Sunday with his partner, Mikaela Shiffrin, at his bedside in a hospital in Bern where he had surgery.

Kilde was airlifted by helicopter from the finish area Saturday at Wengen after crashing into course-side safety fences off the final turn of the longest race on the World Cup circuit.

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