Olympic champion in hospital after training spill

REIGNING Olympic women’s downhill champion Carole Montillet-Carles was among three racers taken to hospital as a series of spectacular crashes marred the second day of official training.

Montillet-Carles’ fitness to defend her title tomorrow was being assessed by French team doctors after the accident in which she tumbled through two safety barriers.

American Lindsay Kildow and Canada’s Allison Forsyth were both helicoptered to hospital after also experiencing serious tumbles on the challenging San Sicario Fraiteve course.