Kitzbuehel's Hahnenkamm, the terrifying Super Bowl of skiing

Caillot, starting with a lowly bib number 59, hurtled out of the start gate in Wednesday's training run for World Cup races, but a mistake saw him come a cropper high up the 3.3km-long (two-mile) Streif course, widely considered the toughest on the circuit. "I haven't broken anything," he said on social media, after being evacuated by helicopter. "I got off incredibly lightly, just a big bruise on my back. I have a little star watching over me," he added, praising the manufacturers of his airbag and helmet.