Canada's Zoricic dies during World Cup race

The 29-year-old crashed into safety netting after the final jump just before the finish on the Grindelwald slope.Lying motionless he was attended to by doctors before being airlifted by Air Glacier to a hospital in Interlaken in the canton of Berne.Despite reanimation Zoricic died as a result of severe neurotrauma, organisers Swiss-Ski reported in a statement.He was pronounced dead at 1135GMT.Local police are to hold an investigation into the events surrounding the fatal accident.In a joint statmeent the International Ski Federation and the Swiss Ski Federation expressed their sincere condolences to the family, to friends and to Team Canada.Christoph Egger, president of the organising committee, said he would be discussing with Zoricics fellow competitors on how best to honour the fallen skier.For me its clear that were going to hold a ceremony but we want to discuss this first with the other skiers, his friends, Egger told AFP.The hours following the tragedy were sad, he said.We barely spoke, it was a very sad, very quiet time.Born in Sarajevo, Zoricic emigrated to Canada with his family as a child and began a career as a downhill skiier, competing on the World Cup circuit before switching to ski-cross.He had two ski-cross podium finishes and came in fifth in the 2011 overall standings.Egger commented: He had lots of experience, he had some success, he was a good skier.Ski cross made its debut as an Olympic discipline at the Vancouver Games in 2010.This is the second fatality suffered by Canadian skiing this year, Zoricics death following that of Sarah Burke, world half-pipe champion in 2005, who died in January from injuries sustained in a training accident.After Saturdays tragedy organisers cancelled the rest of the days competition and also called off Sundays World Cup final.—AFP