Sullivan recovering from scary DH crash

WENGEN, Switzerland — U.S. Ski Team speed specialist Marco Sullivan sat out a men's World Cup super-combi on Sunday after a harrowing crash in the downhill Saturday.

WENGEN, Switzerland — U.S. Ski Team speed specialist Marco Sullivan sat out a men's World Cup super-combi on Sunday after a harrowing crash in the downhill Saturday.
    ''The team doctor looked at me, gave me a once-over,'' Sullivan said. ''He tested me for concussion, even though I told him I didn't hit my head. But everybody was concerned about my head because my helmet came off.''
    Sullivan bruised his upper left arm and left hip — and lost his helmet — when he crashed at the difficult Brueggli corner, which forces skiers to slow from 150 kph (94 mph) to 70 kph (44 mph).
    A speed specialist, Sullivan finished 21st in the super-combi at Beaver Creek, Colorado, earlier this season. He is currently 31st in the discipline standings.
    Sullivan planned to resume racing next week at Val d'Isere, France, a replacement site for a downhill and super-combi that were moved from Chamonix due to a lack of snow.
    Eleven skiers failed to complete Saturday's downhill. Many others crashed while landing the jump at the finish, and there were several other close calls on the exhausting 4.5-kilometer (2.8-mile) Lauberhorn course, the longest downhill on the World Cup circuit.

— The Associated Press