The 35-year-old suffered the harm on Monday however complained of “worsening neck ache” the next day
ITALY:
Australian snowboarder Cam Bolton was airlifted to hospital with two neck fractures following a fall in coaching and is out of the Winter Olympics.
The 35-year-old suffered the harm on Monday however complained of “worsening neck ache” the next day, the Australian Olympic Committee mentioned.
A CT scan recognized that his neck was damaged in two locations and he was placed on a helicopter to Milan.
It’s one in every of a number of harm blows to hit Australia on the Olympics in Italy.
One other snowboarder, Misaki Vaughan, can also be out after failing a head harm evaluation following a fall on Monday.
“My coronary heart breaks on their behalf,” Australia’s chef de mission Alisa Camplin-Warner mentioned.
“Sadly, with winter sport, accidents occur alongside the best way,” she mentioned.
“With 53 athletes doing comparatively high-risk sports activities, it is not one thing that is uncommon, I am afraid to say.”
Australian former world champion Laura Peel additionally suffered a knee harm final week in coaching.
And fellow freestyle skier Daisy Thomas was dominated out of an occasion on Saturday after crashing throughout follow.
