Michelle Gisin skips World Cup races after brother's downhill crash

Olympic champion skier Michelle Gisin will skip World Cup races this week to be near her brother who is in a hospital after crashing in a downhill on Saturday.

Gisin, who is fourth in the overall standings, says she will miss giant slalom and slalom races starting on Friday at Courchevel, France.

In a Swiss ski federation statement, the 2018 Olympic gold medallist in combined says "my place is beside Marc and my family."

Watch Marc Gisin's crash from Saturday:

Scary: Swiss skier airlifted to hospital after horrific crash in Italy

6 years ago

Duration 2:21

Gisin was hospitalized Saturday and is in "stable enough" condition to return to Switzerland for more tests following a nasty crash in a World Cup downhill.

Marc Gisin broke ribs and sustained pelvic and back injuries in a dramatic fall at Val Gardena, Italy. He is being treated in his native Switzerland.

Michelle Gisin raced on Tuesday and Wednesday on the same Val Gardena slope and had her worst results this season in downhill and super-G.

"The days in [Val Gardena] have been the most difficult of my life," Gisin wrote Thursday on her Twitter account. "I have no energy left to stay away from home right now so I will not start in Courchevel."

At the Pyeongchang Olympics in February, Marc Gisin finished 21st in the men's downhill one week before his sister got her gold medal. Their elder sister, Dominique, was the 2014 Olympic champion in downhill.