Sarrazin wins World Cup super-G after French teammate Pinturault airlifted following crash

On a bitter-sweet day for the French ski team, emerging star Cyprien Sarrazin raced to a winning run in a World Cup super-G Friday, then watched as teammate and new dad Alexis Pinturault had to be airlifted to a hospital after a crash.

Pinturault was taken off the course in a helicopter just six days after becoming a father for the first time.

Sarrazin watched with concern from the leader's box by the finish area as the 32-year-old Pinturault went into a tumbling fall after being unbalanced landing a jump.

French media later reported that Pinturault had ruptured the ACL in his left knee, which would rule him out for the rest of the season. The overall World Cup champion in 2021 and a three-time Olympic medallist, his daughter was born in the Swiss capital Bern on Saturday.

"It's difficult to really celebrate when a buddy falls like that. I hope that he's OK," Sarrazin told Swiss broadcaster RTS. "We know that he was conscious and that's the most important. ... This victory is for him."

Toronto's Jack Crawford was the top Canadian finisher in 13th place.

Sarrazin is having a breakout season at age 29 and Friday's victory came after he finished second Thursday in a downhill. He won the previous downhill two weeks ago at Bormio, Italy.

Sarrazin ended a remarkable streak in World Cup super-G races. Just three men — Marco Odermatt, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde and Vincent Kriechmayr — had combined to win all 20 races since December 2020.

Odermatt was second Friday, 0.58 seconds behind Sarrazin, and Kilde was exactly one second back in third.

The same three men were on the downhill podium Thursday, when Odermatt earned his first World Cup win in the discipline.

Odermatt extended his lead in the overall World Cup standings in search