Canada's Zoricic dies in ski-cross World Cup race

Canada's Nick Zoricic has died competing in a ski cross World Cup event in Grindelwald on Saturday, organisers announced. 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 to hospital. "Despite reanimation Zoricic died as a result of severe neurotrauma," organisers Swiss-Ski reported in a statement. He was pronounced dead at 1135GMT. Zoricic switched to ski-cross after beginning his career as an alpine skiier. He had two podium finishes and came in fifth in the 2011 overall standings. 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. 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, Zoricic's death following that of Sarah Burke, world half-pipe champion in 2005, who died in January from injuries sustained in a training accident. After Saturday's tragedy organisers cancelled the rest of the day's competition and also called off Sunday's World Cup final.