![World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria cries during a news conference in Vienna in this October 13, 2009 file photo. Maier was never likely to take things World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria cries during a news conference in Vienna in this October 13, 2009 file photo. Maier was never likely to take things](https://l450v.alamy.com/450vfr/2d4g0hn/hermann-maier-c-skiis-vainqueur-de-la-coupe-du-monde-autrichienne-et-double-champion-olympique-de-ski-sur-le-glacier-de-zermatt-suisse-le-22-juillet-2002-lors-d-une-formation-de-l-equipe-nationale-autrichienne-de-ski-maier-a-rejoint-la-formation-de-l-equipe-nationale-de-ski-autrichienne-pour-la-premiere-fois-depuis-qu-il-a-serieusement-casse-la-jambe-droite-lors-d-un-accident-de-moto-le-24-aout-2001-reuters-denis-balibuse-db-hm-ws-2d4g0hn.jpg)
World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria cries during a news conference in Vienna in this October 13, 2009 file photo. Maier was never likely to take things
![Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria stretches before skiing down a slope for the first time after his motorcycle accident in his home town of Flachau Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria stretches before skiing down a slope for the first time after his motorcycle accident in his home town of Flachau](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/24e55c01088b4be6890ee2c720ef0101/2d3jh5n.jpg)
Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria stretches before skiing down a slope for the first time after his motorcycle accident in his home town of Flachau
![World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria cries during a news conference in Vienna in this October 13, 2009 file photo. Maier was never likely to take things World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria cries during a news conference in Vienna in this October 13, 2009 file photo. Maier was never likely to take things](https://l450v.alamy.com/450vfr/2cm4969/hermann-maier-vainqueur-de-la-coupe-du-monde-autrichienne-et-double-champion-olympique-de-ski-sourit-devant-le-sommet-du-cervin-sur-le-glacier-de-zermatt-en-suisse-le-22-juillet-2002-pendant-l-entrainement-maier-s-est-joint-a-la-formation-de-l-equipe-nationale-de-ski-d-autriche-pour-la-premiere-fois-depuis-qu-il-a-gravement-casse-la-jambe-droite-lors-d-un-accident-de-moto-le-24-aout-dernier-reuters-denis-balibuse-db-hm-crb-2cm4969.jpg)
World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria cries during a news conference in Vienna in this October 13, 2009 file photo. Maier was never likely to take things
Hermann Maier: a spectacular crash in the downhill followed by two titles at Nagano 1998 - Olympic News
![Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria practices with a velometer in his hospital bed in Salzburg September 7, 2001. Maier has badly broken his right leg Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria practices with a velometer in his hospital bed in Salzburg September 7, 2001. Maier has badly broken his right leg](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D47AX1/reigning-world-cup-and-double-olympic-ski-champion-hermann-maier-of-austria-practices-with-a-velometer-in-his-hospital-bed-in-salzburg-september-7-2001-maier-has-badly-broken-his-right-leg-in-a-motor-cycle-accident-on-august-24-the-accident-happened-in-radstadt-in-central-austria-when-maiers-motorcycle-collided-with-a-car-maier-was-operated-for-several-hours-in-a-salzburg-hospital-on-a-broken-shin-reuterscalle-toernstroem-pr-2D47AX1.jpg)
Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria practices with a velometer in his hospital bed in Salzburg September 7, 2001. Maier has badly broken his right leg
![Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria stretches before skiing down a slope for the first time after his motorcycle accident in his home town of Flachau Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria stretches before skiing down a slope for the first time after his motorcycle accident in his home town of Flachau](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D47TW3/reigning-world-cup-and-double-olympic-ski-champion-hermann-maier-of-austria-skis-down-a-slope-for-the-first-time-after-his-motorcycle-accident-in-his-home-town-of-flachau-in-austrias-salzburg-province-on-december-21-2001-maier-badly-broke-his-right-leg-in-a-motorcycle-accident-on-august-24-reuterscalle-toernstroem-le-2D47TW3.jpg)
Reigning World Cup and double Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier of Austria stretches before skiing down a slope for the first time after his motorcycle accident in his home town of Flachau
Hermann Maier: a spectacular crash in the downhill followed by two titles at Nagano 1998 - Olympic News
![Hermann Maier (C), vainqueur de la coupe du monde autrichienne et double champion olympique de ski, se prépare à la formation de l'équipe nationale autrichienne de ski sur le glacier de Zermatt, Hermann Maier (C), vainqueur de la coupe du monde autrichienne et double champion olympique de ski, se prépare à la formation de l'équipe nationale autrichienne de ski sur le glacier de Zermatt,](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2ckbmn9/hermann-maier-c-vainqueur-de-la-coupe-du-monde-autrichienne-et-double-champion-olympique-de-ski-se-prepare-a-la-formation-de-l-equipe-nationale-autrichienne-de-ski-sur-le-glacier-de-zermatt-en-suisse-le-22-juillet-2002-maier-rejoint-l-entrainement-de-l-equipe-nationale-de-ski-autrichienne-pour-la-premiere-fois-depuis-qu-il-a-serieusement-casse-la-jambe-droite-lors-d-un-accident-de-moto-le-24-aout-2001-reuters-denis-balibuse-db-hm-crb-2ckbmn9.jpg)