Canadian ski cross skier Nik Zoricic dies in racing accident
By Contributor
The Canadian Alpine ski community took another hit Saturday.
For the second time this year tragic news has stopped the sport in its tracks as one of its own – ski cross racer Nik Zoricic – was killed while racing in Switzerland.
Zoricic, 29, died Saturday after crashing during a World Cup event in Grindelwald, Switzerland.
His death follows that of Olympic half-pipe specialist Sarah Burke who died of injuries sustained from a fall during a training run in January.
During a jump near the end of the ski cross course, Zoricic crashed into safety netting on the course’s boundary and lay motionless on the hill.
He was airlifted to hospital in Interlaken, Switzerland but was pronounced dead at 12:35 p.m., local time. The International Ski Federation said “severe neurotrauma” led to the skier’s death.
