French skier Poisson dies in training crash

French skier David Poisson, a downhill bronze medallist at the 2013 world championships, was killed during a training accident in Canada on Monday, the French ski federation announced.

"Devastated by this news," the federation said in a statement, adding that it "shared the pain of (Poisson's) friends and family in these particularly difficult moments".

No further details were provided about his death, which came as the 35-year-old Poisson and his French team-mates were training in Nakiska ahead of the World Cup events at Lake Louise on November 25 and 26.