ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Michelle Gisin was airlifted from the course by helicopter Thursday after crashing hard in a practice run for a World Cup downhill.

Gisin is the third current Olympic champion in the Switzerland women’s Alpine ski team to crash in training in the last month, after Lara Gut-Behrami and Corinne Suter.

The 32-year-old Swiss hit the safety fences racing on a cloudy morning at St. Moritz in practice for downhills scheduled Friday and Saturday, then a super-G Sunday. There was no immediate report of any injury.

Gisin, who won gold in Alpine combined at the past two Winter Games, is currently the veteran leader of the Swiss women’s speed team because of injuries to her fellow 2022 Beijing Olympic champions.

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