Bobsleigh pilot Jakob Mandlbauer had to be helped off the track by medics and his team-mates on a stretcher after a big crash in the Winter Olympics.

The Austrian, 27, was competing in the second heat of the four-man final on Saturday when the sleigh veered on its side and was unable to stop.

Mandlbauer’s team-mates were able to get out of the sleigh but he received additional treatment and was taken to hospital with pain in his neck.

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Bobsleigh driver Jakob Mandlbauer was taken to hospital after a crash in the Winter Olympics