Alberto Tomba of Italy, a two-time Olympic...

Alberto Tomba of Italy, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, broke his left collarbone in a fall at Val d’ Isere, France, in the first super-giant slalom of the men’s World Cup season. Niklas Henning of Sweden won the event.

Starting 13th, Tomba fell about 40 seconds into his run and began somersaulting. He got up slowly and complained of pain in his left shoulder.

He was flown to Bologna, Italy, where X-rays determined he had a fracture in the left collarbone, Dr. Marco Manfrini said. Paolo Comellini, Tomba’s business manager, said he should be able to resume skiing carefully in about three weeks.

Henning came out of the 35th position to post his first World Cup victory in 1 minute 17.07 seconds. His previous bests in World Cup competition were two sevenths, including one this year at Park City, Utah.

He beat Olympic super-giant champion Franck Piccard of France, who was timed in 1:17.17. Peter Runggaldier of Italy finished third in 1:17.40.

Ole Furuseth of Norway finished fifth in 1:17.75. That enabled him to keep his lead in the overall World Cup standings with 118 points.